Joint SAR Team Finds Crew Of Cumi-Cumi Search Ships That Disappeared For 3 Days

The joint SAR team evacuated the bodies of the crew of the squid search boat/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Hasan, a crew member (ABK) of a squid search boat that disappeared after a collision with a barge, was finally found by the joint SAR team on Thursday, August 10. Hasan's victim was found dead. "The search for Hasan who entered the third day finally paid off. The SAR team found the victim in a condition of death as far as 5 NM from the location of the incident when the victim was hit by a barge," said Head of the Pangkalpinang Search and Rescue Office, I Made Oka Astawa when confirmed, Thursday, August 10. After being found, Hasan's body was then evacuated by the joint SAR team by bringing him to the Jelintic port. "Arriving at the Jelintic port, the SAR team combined carrying the victim's body to the Sungailiat Hospital," he said. After being found, I Made closed the joint SAR operation officially. Meanwhile, the joint SAR team involved in the search was from the Bangka Regency Polair, TNI AL, Babinsa, the Jelintic Poloir Unit, BPBD Bangka Regency, SAKA SAR Pangkalpinang and other fishermen.

Previously, it was reported that the squid search boat accident collided with a barge in the waters of Pesona Beach, Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Province on Tuesday, August 8. A crew member (ABK) named Hasan drowned in the waters. Meanwhile, a crew member named Dika managed to survive after swimming 1 Mil using jerry can. He survived because he was successfully evacuated by the fisherman of the KM Nurki Ship. The incident was later reported by another fisherman who knew about the accident to the Pangkalpinang Search and Rescue Office. "Getting this information, the Pangkalpinang Search and Rescue Office opened a Joint SAR Operation," said the Head of the Pangkalpinang Search and Rescue Office, I Made Oka Astawa when confirmed, Tuesday, August 8.