The joint SAR team evacuated 30 crew members (ABK) of the Loang Boat that sank in the waters of Horsburgh, the border between Indonesia and Singapore, Tuesday, May 20 morning.
Head of the Tanjungpinang Class A SAR Office Fazzli said the information about the sinking of the ship was received from the Port Operations Control Center (POCC) of the Singapore MPA at 07.10 WIB.
"Luckily during the incident, all (30) victims were rescued by the MV Andros Spirit commercial ship which happened to pass around the scene," he said in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands (Kepri), Tuesday, May 20, which was confiscated by Antara.
From the POCC report, the sea accident occurred at 06.00 WIB, precisely at coordinates 01.71 "N 104 deg29'1.70"E,".
Following up on this information, according to him, the Tanjungpinang SAR immediately alerted the Rescue Boat (RB) 209 and the rescue team to carry out pick-up of the victims.
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However, due to the position of MV Andros Spirit which is getting further away from the reach of RB 209, fast coordination is carried out with the Tanjung Uban Marine and Coast Guard Base (PLP), Bintan Regency.
Based on closer distance considerations, continued Fazzli, two state ships (KN) belonging to PLP, namely KN Rantos and KN Kalimasada, were deployed to pick up the victims of the sinking ship from MV Andros Spirit.
"Until now, the SAR operation for the victims is still ongoing," said Fazzli.
He also added that after the evacuation process was complete, his party would investigate further the identity of 30 victims, then the ship's destination, and the cause of the ship sinking.
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