Two Passengers Of The KM Dewi Noor Ship That Sank In The Waters Of Pulau Seribu Found Dead

Basarnas ship conducts a search for drowning victims/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Two victims of the KM Dewi Noor ship accident were finally found by the joint SAR team on Monday, August 21, afternoon. The bodies of the two victims were found dead floating on the surface of the waters of the Thousand Islands, North Jakarta.

Public Relations of the Jakarta SAR Office, Ramli Prasetyo, said that the victim's body was first found at a radius of 2.1 NM from the scene. Then the second victim was found at a radius of 6.6 NM from the scene.

"The joint SAR team found the victim floating, after previously sweeping by joint SAR elements around the waters of the islands of Bokor and Pari Island," Ramli told VOI, Monday, August 21.

However, the identities of the two victims are not yet known because they have not been identified. The SAR team only carried out the evacuation process of the victim's body.

"For his identity, a post-mortem will be carried out by the Kramat Jati Police Hospital," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Jakarta SAR Office as the SAR Mission Coordinator in the SAR operation, Fazzli, added that the bodies of the two victims were found thanks to the maximum efforts made by joint SAR elements from the first day to the third search day.

"One more victim will be searched again today," said Fazzli.

For further identification, the bodies of the two victims who died were then evacuated and taken to the Kramat Jati Police Hospital using an ambulance belonging to the National Police Biddokkes and the Tanjung Priok KKP.

Today's search also involved dozens of joint SAR personnel with a search area of around 357 NM2. The joint SAR elements involved in the search include the Jakarta SAR Office, the Mutiara AL Post, PolAir Polda Metro Jaya, PolAir Polres Kep. Seribu, Health Office Thousand Islands, Biddokkes Polri, KPLP Tanjung Priok, DKI Jakarta BPBD and local fishermen.

Previously, it was reported that the joint SAR team was still searching for a family of passengers on the missing KM Dewi Noor ship that sank in the waters of Untung Jawa Island and Pari Island, Thousand Islands, North Jakarta.

"Still in search of a father and two children. They are ship passengers," said Public Relations of the Jakarta SAR Office, Ramli Prasetyo when confirmed by VOI, Sunday, August 20.