The SAR Team Is Still Looking For 6 Crews Of The Lost Coal Ship In The Karimata Strait

The SAR team conducted a search for victims of the sinking coal ship/ Photo: Doc. SAR team

JAKARTA - The TB Muara Sejati ship type tugboat was declared missing sinking around the waters of the Karimata Strait. The cause of the ship sank due to bad weather factors and the magnitude of the impact of sea waves. "The cause is bad weather," said Head of the Pangkalpinang Search and Rescue Office, I Made Oka Astawa when confirmed by VOI, Monday, December 2. The tugboat TB Muara Sejati contains 10 crew members named John Kakalang (66), Fachrul Fauzi (34), Adi Taruk Kendek (29), Anton Marzuki (51), Lukman Nul Hakim (40), Asril Basri (24), Sunardi (24), Ari Setiawan (25), Arif Rizky Alfianto (25) and Kurniawan Im Setiaji (27). "Four people were successfully evacuated named John Kakalang (66) as Captain of the TB Muara Sejati ship, Kurniawan Iman Setiaji (27) as machinist 3, Anton Marzuki (51) as oilier and Asril Basri (24) as helmsman," he said.

Meanwhile, 6 other crew victims are still being searched for the Joint SAR Team. The six victims who have not been found are Fachrul Fauzi (34), Adi Taruk Kendek (29), Lukman Nul Hakim (40), Sunardi (24), Ari Setiawan (25) and Arif Rizky Alfianto (25). "The other six victims are still in search of the Joint SAR Team. However, we are still checking because we have received news of another discovery," he said. Just to note, the Tugboat Muara Sejati ship with the Blue White Call Sign YD6120 previously collaborated with the Ketapang 1 ship loaded with coal. The ship departed from Palembang on December 25, 2022, towards Sanggau Port, Pontianak. However, on Friday, December 30, the Muara Sejati TB ship provided a dangerous signal beam as many as 13 times the terminal local user (LUT). The signal burst was carried out from 06.38 WIB to 10.25 WIB. Then, the KN SAR KARNA 246 ship from the Pangkpinang Search and Rescue Office conducted a search search since Saturday, December 31. The KARNA SARN ship was dispatched in the Karimata Strait, Riau Islands after the Command Center received information on the accident of the TB Muara Sejati ship. However, until this news was written on Monday, January 2, the TB Muara Sejati ship had not been found. In addition, AIS tracking belonging to the ship was in an offline condition.