The Ijazah Of The Captain Of KM Budi Utama Who Sank On Padar Island, NTT Was Frozen For A Year, The Ship Certificate Was Revoked

Head of Class III KSOP Labuan Bajo Stephanus Risdiyanto. (ANTARA/Gecio Viana)

LABUAN BAJO - Port Authority and Port Authority (KSOP) Class III Labuan Bajo frozen the diploma of the captain of KM Budi Utama who drowned in the waters south of Padar Island, Komodo National Park (TNK) area, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on June 22, 2024. Head of the Labuan Bajo Class III KSOP Stephanus Risdiyanto said the administrative sanction for freezing the captain's diploma for one year was given because the number of passengers of KM Budi Utama at the time of the incident was different from the passenger manifest. The difference in passenger manifests is because a number of passengers of KM Budi Utama are passengers of the KM Senada Phinisi tourist ship. The two tourist ships are in one ship management. "When sailing, it was moved, so it was not that the passengers were not in the manifest, but the manifest on the ship was one, but there was still an error there," he explained in Labuan Bajo, Antara, Wednesday, July 10. Not only that, he continued, other administrative sanctions given were the revocation of the KM Budi Utama ship certificate. He added that the administrative sanctions given were in accordance with the applicable shipping law. "Then in Government Regulation (PP) Number 31 concerning the Implementation of Marine Marine Marine Marine Affairs in case of ship accidents such as collisions, fires, landslides, sinking if there are no casualties, administrative sanctions can be given," he said. He also explained that the skeleton of the sinking tourist ship KM Budi Utama had been evacuated to Komodo Island so as not to interfere with ship shipping activities. "Ensuring that there are no additional incidents or casualties, it means ensuring the ship's skeleton does not interfere with other ships, for example, another ship hits the ship's skeleton and then the hull is torn," he explained. Lebih lanjut Stephanus Risdiyanto juga menegaskan dalam kejadian kecelakaan laut, langkah pertama yang dilakukan adalah memastikan keselamatan penumpang dan awak kapal. "The soul is the main thing," he said. Previously, the Emergency Response Team evacuated 15 passengers on the KM Budi Utama ship that sank in the southern waters of Padar Island, Komodo National Park (TNK) area, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). "Based on the manifest, there are 15 passengers consisting of 10 passengers and five crew members (ABK)," said Labuan Bajo Head of Class III KSOP Stephanus Risdiyanto when contacted in Labuan Bajo, Saturday (22/7). He explained that the incident occurred at around 08.00 WITA. "The ship sank allegedly because it was dragged and could not be controlled at the location of the current meeting," he said.

He added that all crew members and passengers were declared safe and then evacuated by the Emergency Response Team to Labuan Bajo using KM Senada Phinisi.