SAR Team Rescues 6 Crew Members Of Fishing Boat Sinking On Lampung Sebuku Island

The atmosphere when the victims of the sinking ship arrived at the Kalianda South Lampng Bomb Pier to wait for the medical team to pick them up. ANTARA/Riadi Gunawan.

The joint Search and Rescue Team (SAR) managed to save six crew members (ABK) of fishermen who drowned in the waters of South Lampung.

The victims of the sinking fishing boat arrived at the Kalianda Bombing pier, greeted by their families and the surrounding community.

Head of the Bakauheni Basarnas SAR Post, Febri Yanda, said that his party together with the joint SAR Team of the TNI/Polri managed to evacuate the victims of the sinking ship safely in the waters of Sebuku Island, South Lampung Regency.

"Alhamdulillah, we managed to evacuate the six victims safely in the waters of Sebuku Island, and at 12.00 WIB the victims arrived at Kalianda Bomb Pier to be taken to Bob Bazar hospital," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, January 4.

The chronology of the incident began on Wednesday, the date (03/01) they left to look for fish at sea, and at 20.00 WIB, the ship had a sea accident.

"So the fishermen went to sea towards Sebuku at around 08.00 WIB, and around 22.00 WIB, the ship was hit by large waves and broke and sank," he said.

Then on Thursday (4/1) the SAR Team received a report from the head of South Lampung HNSI, there were fishermen who had a sea accident and needed help.

Febri also said that his party immediately coordinated with the TNI/Polri as well as local fishermen to search, rescue, and pick up the victims.

"The fishermen come from South Lampung, for the current weather at sea, we have predicted that sometimes storms, big waves," he said.

One of the victims, Carimin (60) said that he and other crew members fought together to save themselves when the ship sank.

"Yes, when we drowned from 20.00 WIB, we were on the boat, then the ship sank, and we tied ourselves up with each other so we wouldn't look for each other and to fight to save," said Carimin.

The six victims of the sinking ship were Nahkoda Carimin (60), then ABK Iwan, Nawi, Putra, Ari, and Amir.