Ternate Basarnas Searching For Missing Residents In South Halmahera Gane Waters

JAKARTA - The Ternate National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) office through the Bacan SAR Alert Unit is searching for a resident named Sudirman (50) who went missing while using a motorboat in Gane Waters, South Halmahera, North Maluku.

The head of the Ternate Basarnas, Muhammad Arafah in Ternate, Tuesday, confirmed that the victim was reported missing since Sunday, January 30, 2022, because when the victim went to take people from Gane Luar Village to Ranga-Ranga Village using a motorboat.

He said that at around 16.00 WIT, the victim departed from Ranga-Ranga Village, but until now the victim has not arrived at his residence in Gane Luar Village and on Monday, January 31, the victim's family received information that the victim's motorboat was found upside down by fishermen. around Tanjung Liboba, South Halmahera, North Maluku,.

Quoted from ANTARA, Muhamad Arafah explained that Basarnas who received the report immediately coordinated with the relevant agencies to carry out search and rescue operations and coordinate with the families of the victims.

Furthermore, the Bacan SAR Alert Unit Rescue Team together with the SAR potential were dispatched to the scene of the incident to carry out a search using the community's fast boat.

Previously, the Ternate Basarnas Office officially closed the SAR operation on a toddler named Safil (5) who fell from KM Sumber Raya 05 in the waters of Obi Island, South Halmahera.

The head of the Ternate Basarnas, Muhamad Arafah, confirmed that the search had been carried out for 7 days according to the Basarnas SOP but until the seventh day the victims had not been found, so the SAR operation was closed.

Arafah added, this SAR operation or search has been carried out since the Ternate Basarnas received reports of victims falling on Monday, January 24, where the joint SAR team consisting of Basarnas and SAR Potential as well as the victim's family and the community has carried out a maximum search but God has other plans so the victim can't be found yet.

On the seventh day of the search, the joint SAR team also conducted a search from 07.30 WIT, until the afternoon at 18.00 WIT. Where the joint SAR team divided the SRU to conduct searches in their respective areas but the search results were nil.