Ship Collision On The Mahakam River, East Kalimantan, 2 Missing People In Search

The joint SAR team held a brief meeting before conducting a search at Muara Wis, Sunday (24/3) (Between/HO KKP Balikpapan)

The joint SAR team conducted a search for two victims of the ship's collision on the Mahayam River which was declared missing.

Head of the Balikpapan City Search and Rescue Office (KKP), Dody Setiawan, said that the collision occurred in the RT 10, Muara Wis Village, Muara Wis District, Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar), East Kalimantan (Kaltim). In this accident, five people were victims, but three people managed to survive, while the other two are missing, so a search is still being carried out," he said in Samarinda, Sunday, March 24, confiscated by Antara.

He explained that the collision of two ships between the cargo ship Berkat Indah 2020 and TB Enteb Emerald 51 occurred on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at around 16.10 WITA. According to him, when the position of the TB Enteb Emerald 51 ship finished turning right, suddenly the freight ship, Thanks to Indah 2020, which was loaded with cement, iron, and other building materials, the process soared without any communication on the radio with the TB Entebe Emerald 51 ship, then the ship transverse to TB Entebe Emerald 51, resulting in a water accident.

Begitu menerima laporan, Tim Rescue Unit Siaga SAR Samarinda langsung bergerak menuju lokasi pada Sabtu, 23 Maret pukul 17.35 Wita dan tiba di lokasi kejadian pukul pukul 20.51 waktu setempat.

The survivors of this accident, namely Ari (male), Nursidah (female), Ferdiansyah (male. While the victims in the search were Abijal (male), and Azis (male).

In the search process, SAR deployed rescue trucks, rescue carriers, Basarnas rubber boats, Satpolair Res Kukar boats, Kukar BPBD boats, Kukar Disdamkarmat rubber boats, residents' boats, diving equipment, aquaeye, drones, communication equipment, and complete water SAR equipment.