Hit By High Waves, Fishermen In Cilacap Found Lifeless

Illustration of the SAR Team searching for missing persons at sea (ANTARA)

CILACAP - A fisherman was found dead and his colleague has not been found after their boat capsized and was hit by the waves on Tuesday. The victim who died named Karyoto (42), a resident of Tegalkamulyan, South Cilacap District, Cilacap Regency, was found by a joint SAR team, floating on the surface of the water around the location.

Meanwhile, colleagues, until this news was revealed, are still being searched.

This incident began when residents who were catching fish on the beach of Glumpang Pasir, were suspicious of seeing a boat in the broken waves. When the residents highlighted the flashlight, it was seen that two fishermen were hanging on the side of the boat.

The residents' efforts to search have yielded no results. After that, residents contacted the Cilacap Basarnas to search for victims.

At 23.30 WIB, the joint SAR team managed to find the first victim on behalf of Karyoto (42) floating on the surface of the water around the scene in a dead condition. The victim's body was then evacuated to the Adipala 2 Health Center.

The Joint SAR team continues to search for the second victim on the beach and monitoring using the thermal drone.

"There are quite a lot of obstacles in the field because it's late at night and the waves at the location are quite high. We immediately searched with thermal drone technology and conducted a search on the beach," said Cilacap Basarnas field coordinator Fajar Adi Nugroho, Wednesday, December 20.

The victim who is still being searched is named Nurohman (31), a male resident of Banden Village, Mundu District, Cirebon Regency. Search operations are still being carried out today.