Pinisi Patah Steering In Labuan Bajo Waters, 13 Passengers Evacuated SAR

Evacuation of 13 passengers on the Dragonet phinisi ship in the waters of Komodo Island, Labuan Bajo, NTT, Tuesday 11 July. (Between)

The joint SAR team evacuated passengers of the Dragonet Pinisi ship that suffered a broken steering wheel in the waters of Komodo Island, Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

The evacuation was carried out on the 13 passengers of the phinisi ship who were originally sailing from Padar Island to Komodo Island, Komodo National Park.

"The passenger is in good health, but a little weak after being adrift for about an hour in the waters of Komodo Island Labuan Bajo," said Head of Basarnas Maumere Supriyanto Ridwan as SAR Mission Coordinator from Maumere, Sikka Regency, Tuesday, July 11 evening, confiscated by Antara.

The joint SAR team who received information on the existence of a ship with a broken steering wheel in the waters within the Komodo National Park area found the ship anchored safely at 14.00 WITA.

The ship decided to anchor slowly in Loh Liang, Komodo Island, so that it would not be swayed by high waves of about 1.24 meters to 2.5 meters.

"The Joint SAR Team and passengers arrived at the Labuan Bajo KSOP Port at 17.40 WITA and all passengers returned to their respective inns," he said.

From the existing data, the passenger manifest of the Dragonet Pinisi ship consists of two foreign tourists from Malaysia, 10 Indonesian tourists, one tour guide, and five ship crew and captain.

"The evacuation of all passengers amounted to 13 people while the crew chose to stay on the ship while repairing the ship," he continued.

During the evacuation, some passengers were transferred to the Labuan Bajo Satpolairud fast ship due to high waves.