JAKARTA - The joint SAR team has expanded the search radius for two KLM Nur Ainun Balqis victims who drowned in the waters of the Makassar Strait in Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi (Sulteng).
"The coordinates of the sunken ship are not known clearly, so we are expanding the search area in the third day of SAR operations," said Head of Sub Operations and Standby SAR of the Search and Rescue Office (Kansar) or Basarnas, Rusmadi when contacted from Palu, Wednesday.
He explained that the uncertainty of the coordinates of the sinking of KLM Nur Ainun Balqis became a challenge for the team when carrying out the operation.
Where the search for the two victims who have not been found is about 509 nautical miles away with a distance to the operation point about 35 nautical miles north of the KN SAR Baladewa pier in Palu City.
"The third day of the search began at 07.00 WITA using the KN SAR Baladewa with the help of local fishing boats," he said.
Until the third day of the operation, the rescue team had not found any signs of the two victims, even so the SAR team continued to move to comb the designated arena.
"The search operation began in the morning until the afternoon, according to the Basarnas safety standard operating procedure (SOP)," said Rusmadi.
KLM Nur Ainun Balqis sailed from the port of Nunukan, North Kalimantan to the port of Orange, Barru Regency, South Sulawesi on Thursday (12/2) at around 02.00 Wita.
In the middle of the journey while in the Makassar Strait, the ship was hit by waves and capsized until it sank, all the passengers and the ship's crew jumped into the sea to save themselves.
"Three survivors on behalf of Saharudin (47), Muh Alwi (32), Muksin (47), they were found by Donggala fishermen adrift at sea and two others are still being searched. Two people who are still being searched, namely Gus wan (47) and Adam (20)," he said.
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