Couple Selling Vegetables Using Sampan Drowning In The Melawi River, West Kalimantan, Basarnas Conducts Search

Illustration of missing persons allegedly drowned. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - The Joint SAR Team has begun to search for vegetable sellers who were reported to have drowned and disappeared in the Melawi River, West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan).

"The victim was previously selling vegetables. Yesterday, September 26, 2024, at around 09.00 WIB, the victim left with her husband selling vegetables using a wooden boat (spanish), she was selling from Semadin Lengkong Village to Mahik Village," said Head of Pontianak Basarnas I Made Junetra in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Friday 27 September, confiscated by Antara.

He explained from the available information, the husband and wife were selling vegetables using a canoe and arrived at the company's area which usually sells. However, the canoe sank and the victim drowned.

"As for the victim's husband, he managed to save himself. Meanwhile, Junaini (42) drowned and a quick response was carried out for the search. The joint team all moved to search," he said.

He continued the search process starting by conducting a surface sweep. The joint team involving the parties at the beginning focused on searching for the location range of the sinking and several radii from the scene. He hopes that the search process will run smoothly and the victim will be found soon. The search will be maximized with the joint SAR team.

"Again, starting today, we, the joint SAR team, are starting a search with search efforts using rubber boats with a search radius of 1.5 Nautical Mile, besides that, the search is also optimizing aqua eye equipment," he said.