Fishermen Drowning In The Waters Of The Thousand Islands Have Not Been Found

The Sar and Basarnas teams are still looking for fishermen who were reported to have drowned in the Thousand Islands/ Photo; IST

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Basarnas and the joint SAR Team are still searching for a fisherman named Mul (29) who fell from a fishing boat Putera Kali Beling in the waters around Bokor Island, Thousand Islands, North Jakarta.

"It has not been found. We will continue to make maximum efforts against the victims by deploying the main SAR equipment that we have from the Mutiara Beach Basarnas Pier," said Head of the Jakarta Basarnas as SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in the SAR operation, Desiana Kartika when confirmed, Tuesday, January 23.

The fishing boat accident occurred on Friday, January 19. Initially, the incident occurred when the ship departed from Cituis to look for a stall around Bokor Island.

But unfortunately, suddenly a storm came and high waves caused a 5 manned fishing boat to lose control.

The entire crew of the ship fled by jumping into the sea. Four crew members were rescued by passing fishing boats.

The four victims who were successfully evacuated to the nearest island were named Jahudin (45), Frengki (32), Ifan (35), and Bili (35).

Meanwhile, a crew member named Mul is currently still being searched. The search effort was carried out by deploying the RBB (Rigid Buyancy Boat) 01 Jakarta to comb through the waters around Bokor Island.