KM Liberty I Drowned By Storm In North Bali Waters, 9 People Still Missing

Head of Denpasar Class A Search and Rescue Office/Basarnas Bali Gede Darmada/DAFI-VOI

BADUNG - Head of the Class A Search and Rescue Office Denpasar/Basarnas Bali Gede Darmada explained the sinking of the cargo ship KM Liberty I in the waters north of Bali.

KM Liberty I is equipped with an emergency radio beacon system. But at the time of the incident, there was no emission from this system because of the fast waves hitting the ship.

"We asked the captain, who happened to be safe, it happened so quickly. The information was that it was around 23:00 central Indonesia time, visibility was limited to 2-3 meters," said Darmada at the Bali Basarnas office, Wednesday, October 27.

During a storm, the ship tried to avoid high waves but the waves from the other side of the ship still hit KM Liberty I.

"So that everyone tried to save themselves without paying attention to the introduction of the danger signal. It means there is panic," he added.

KM Liberty I at that time brought the ship's crew, crew and transported materials including cement and basic necessities such as rice.

Currently, the Bali SAR is still looking for the 9 missing crew members. The ninth were Dwi Harmianto as the first officer, Khoirul Hudha the second officer, Rizki Adi Tama as the second driver, Jeri Jepri as the helmsman.

Then Sebastian Saga oil interpreter, Rivaldy Refly M oil interpreter, Matheis Maoni Teo as attack, Petrus Rumahlewang as Opt Crane and Hadiq Zain as chef.

KM Liberty 1 is known to have docked from Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, East Java, on Friday, October 22 in the morning to Reo Flores, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

However, on the evening of Saturday, October 23, this cargo ship was hit by a storm in the northern coast of Bali.