Unnamed Ship Reported Missing In Labuan Bajo Waters

The SAR team conducted a search for missing victims in the waters (ANTARA)

LABUAN BAJO - Maumere Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas) through the West Manggarai Search and Rescue Post (SAR) conducted a search for an unnamed ship that was reported missing contact while sailing in Gili Motang Labuan Bajo waters, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). "We received information from Suharti's mother that there had been a lost contact (lost contact) of an unnamed ship in Gili Motang waters, Labuan Bajo, since last Tuesday," said Head of Basarnas Maumere Supriyanto Ridwan in a statement received in Labuan Bajo, Thursday 18 April Ia explained that the ship was boarded by two people, residents of Lewit Rumah Hamlet, Sanyiang Village, Sape District, Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), named Dimas and Burhan.

The chronology of the incident, he said, was on Tuesday (16/4) at around 04.00 WITA the ship departed from Sape Harbor, Bima Regency, NTB, to Labuan Bajo. However, at around 14.00 WITA when the ship entered Gili Motang waters, one of the victims contacted the reporter Suharti that the ship had an engine failure. "And it cannot be contacted again until now," he explained.

The joint SAR team that received the report went directly to Gili Motang waters by deploying the main tool (defense equipment) Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) of the West Manggarai SAR Post equipped with water SAR equipment. "Until 12.00 WITA, the two victims are still being searched for by the joint SAR team." he said.