KRI Teluk Hading-538 Fire In Selayar Strait Is Being Investigated

Head of the Naval Information Service Admiral TNI I Made Wira Hady Arsanta Wardhana (center)/ANTARA PHOTO/Abriawan Abhe.

Head of the Naval Information Service (Kadispenal) First Admiral I Made Wira Hady Arsanta confirmed that he would immediately investigate the KRI Teluk Hading-538 fire incident around 11 Nautical Mike (NM) East Selayar Strait, South Sulawesi.

"The cause of the temporary fire is being investigated, because smoke has come out of the back (of the KRI ship), and is quite thick," said Admiral Hady in Makassar, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, June 3.

He explained that the rescue process for the entire KRI crew took place quickly and there were no casualties in the incident. It is estimated that 13.15 WITA in the eastern waters of the Selayar Strait

"Alhamdulillah, because the crew often exercise, and the rescue process goes quickly. So, there are no victims. So, we often train this in anticipating the possibility that occurs when our elements carry out their duties," he told reporters.

Regarding the chronology of the cause of the fire, it is currently not known for sure, but it is known that the report regarding the fire incident was received by the Selayar Basarnas at around 14.15 WITA.

"Meanwhile, the Indonesian Navy team has come down to carry out an investigation into the incident," he asserted.

He explained, for the condition of the ship, it was carried out operations and moving and Jakarta towards carrying out routine operations in the working area of Fleet III Command. The ship carried 119 personnel, with details of 62 crew members and 57 passengers.

"Alhamdulillah, all survived. There were no temporary casualties, the evacuation process for the entire crew of the ship was brought to Makassar," he added.

The entire crew of the ship when the incident was rescued by MV Golden Ice and MV Grend Maverick as well as at TB Bahtera Zalfa who headed to Makassar who helped carry out the rescue. So far, there have been no reports of any casualties.

Previously, KRI Teluk Hading-538, which was one of the elements of the KRI ranks of the Jakarta 1 Military Sea Unit (Satlinmil 1 Jakarta) Military Cross-Seavy Command (Kolinlamil), experienced a fire at approximately 05 37,853 South Latitude-120 37 395 East Longitude, around 11 East NM Selayar Strait or 7 NM Tg Tuesday, in the South Sulawesi region, on Saturday (03/06) afternoon.

During the fire incident, the Frosch-I/Type 108 ship was in the process of carrying out routine operations by the Indonesian Navy. So far, a team from the Indonesian Navy is investigating the cause of the ship's fire.

All personnel have now been evacuated at TB Bahtera Zalfa, who was passing at the crime scene (TKP). So far, there have been no reports of casualties.

A number of elements of the Indonesian Navy were also deployed to rescue KRI Teluk Hading-538 soldiers including KRI Escolar-871, KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda (SIM)-367, KRI Sampari-628, KRI Terapang-648 and KRI Tombak-629. Efforts during