Alhamdulillah, The SAR Team Managed To Evacuate 44 Passengers KM Hanifa In The Waters Of Banggai Laut Central Sulawesi

The SAR team evacuated passengers from the KM Hanifa 02 GT 30 ship which suffered a broken as well in the waters of Banggai Laut Regency, Central Sulawesi Province/VIA ANTARA

PALU - The joint SAR team evaluated 44 motorboat passengers who were damaged while sailing in the waters of Banggai Laut Regency, Central Sulawesi Province. "KM Hanifa 02 GT 30 experienced a pata has, so we need SAR assistance. From the information we received, 44 passengers including crew members (ABK) were successfully evacuated to Banggai Laut Harbor," said Head of the Operations Section of the Search and Rescue SAR Office or Basarnas Palu, Andi Sultan in Palu, Antara, Thursday, February 23. KM Hanifa 02 experienced technical problems while sailing from the Bontasi pier to Banggai Laut Harbor. The ship encountered technical problems at coordinates 01°38'52.07"S - 123°27'74.48"T Heading.217° 271.97° west of distance 225 NM from the Banggai Laut Alert Unit. A total of 10 joint SAR personnel were deployed to carry out rescue measures using a Rigid Buyancy Boats and a fishing boat at 11.20 WITA, the SAR team arrived at 11.35 WITA or a trip to the coordinates of the incident in about 15 minutes. "KM Hanifa 02 was pulled to the Banggai Laut Harbor pier, and all passengers and crew members are in stable condition, they have been subjected to a health check," he said. Reportedly, 44 passengers, six of whom were crew members, namely Basri (dahkoda), Darlun, Huldi, Adam, Abdullah, and Honir as crew members. Then the other 38 passengers consisted of 18 adults, 11 children and eight elderly people. He added that 10 joint SAR teams consisted of four personnel from the Banggai Laut SAR Alert Unit, and three personnel from the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and members of the Shabandar Bandar Banggai Laut each. "With the successful evacuation of ship passengers, the SAR operation was closed, and the personnel involved had been returned to their respective units," said Andi.