Three Crew Members Drowning In The Java Sea, Babel SAR Team Deploys Evacuation Personnel

Search for drowning victims in the Java Sea (ANTARA/HO-Humas Pangkalpinang SAR Office.)

BABEL - An incident occurred in the Java Sea, which resulted in three crew members sinking in the Java Sea. The joint SAR team of Bangka Belitung Islands Province was quick to search for victims of the KM Bintan Jaya 10 accident.

"Three crew members are still being searched after the ship was hit by waves in the waters of the Java Sea, while one crew member was rescued by another fishing boat," said Head of the Pangkalpinang Search and Rescue Office I Made Oka Astawa in Pangkalpinang as reported by ANTARA, Saturday.

He explained that the fishing boat KM Bintan Jaya 10 departed to look for fish from Mentok Fishing Port to the Java Sea Waters Fishing Ground, around Karang Suji which is part of the waters of South Bangka Regency, on May 24, 2024 and on Friday (31/5) the ship was hit by waves and drowned.

Oka said that his party received information about the KM Bintan Jaya 10 incident which was hit by waves in the waters of Karang Suji carrying four crew members.

Three people are still being searched while one survivor was helped by fishermen who happened to pass through the location named Andong.

The crew of the KM Emperor who rescued Andong then informed the incident to several other fishing boats around the location.

Furthermore, KM Emperor immediately headed to the side to contact the ship owner that KM Bintan Jaya 10 sank under the waves which then the information reached the Pangkalpinang SAR Office.

Receiving this information, the SAR team moved to send a rescue team from the Toboali SAR Alert Unit to the scene.

Arriving at the fishermen's dock, the Joint SAR Team consisting of Rescuers of the Toboali SAR Alert Unit, Polairud Bangka Selatan, TNI AL and ABK KM Emperor immediately searched for the victims who were suspected of being swept away by the waves located at the coordinates of 3° 30,000'S 106 deg 44,000'E.

The search effort carried out by the team was carried out by deploying a Rigid Buyancy Boat (RBB) belonging to Basarnas and assisted by two local fishing boats.

"The search process will continue to be pursued until the three crew victims who are suspected of being swept away can be found. Hopefully, the joint team's efforts will produce good results and the crew members will be found soon," said Oka.