The Fate Of 68-YEAR-old Fisherman Who Survived The Wave Of 2 Javanese Sea Metres, Cemas Amployed On Mandalika Island

Photo via Antara.

The SAR team managed to save a fisherman named Baidi (68) who was adrift on a jukung boat when bad weather hit the Java Sea.

Head of the Semarang SAR Office Heru Suhartanto said fishermen from Mlongo, Jepara Regency, Central Java (Central Java) departed sailing on Wednesday, February 1 afternoon.

"Departing from Ngelak Harbor, Mlongo District, to Panjang Island," he said in a press release in Semarang, Central Java, Thursday, February 2, was confiscated by Antara.

Furthermore, the SAR team then received a report about Baidi who should have returned home but until late at night he had not pulled over to the mainland.

"It is suspected that there was an engine problem, so it was adrift in the sea," he added.

He explained that one SAR team then moved using a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) from Kartini port, Jepara.

During the search, he said, the condition of the waves around Lanjang Island reached two meters.

During the search, officers found Baidi, who was adrift, anxiously took refuge on Mandalika Island due to bad weather.

"The team managed to evacuate Baidi safely, before he was finally sent home," he said.