Three fishermen from Pangkajene Kepulauan Regency (Pangkep) who were looking for fish using the Jolloro boat (small wooden boat) Sansel United JB 2023 were previously declared missing for five days and were finally found by a joint SAR team.
"The search process yielded results, the Jolloro ship was found at coordinates 7°10'36.13"S 121°1'4.37"E in the Taka Bonerate Island area of the Selayar Islands. All passengers were three people alive," said Head of the Makassar Basarnas Office Muhammad Arif Anwar as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, January 12.
During the search period, the ship was found stranded after being carried away by the current around Taka Bonerate Island, Selayar Islands on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
The ship was found with three people in a safe condition after being tossed around for five days since it was reported missing in the waters of Pangkep Regency.
The search location is focused on the waters of the Selayar Islands, around Kecamatam Pasalembana which consists of islands. This is in accordance with the prediction through the SAR Map used by Basarnas to determine the search area.
"The third day of the search for the Joint SAR Team was focused on the waters of the Selayar Islands, the KN SAR Kamajaya 104 ship, which was deployed earlier was already in the Selayar waters and was searching since morning using additional RIBs to comb the search area," explained Arif Anwar.
The KN SAR Kamajaya 10 ship was deployed earlier around the Selayar waters. The search was then carried out since morning using additional Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIB) to comb the search area.
"Alhamdulillah, all the passengers on the ship are safe and have communicated with their families. Currently, they are on Bonerate Island to get treatment and wait for repatriation," he said.
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