Basarnas Ternate Searches For KM Cendrawasih Which Died Engine In Halsel Waters

Basarnas Ternate (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Cendrawasih Motorboat and its crew experienced an engine failure on Saturday, July 2, around the waters of Mandioli Island, South Halmahera. The Ternate Basarnas Search and Rescue Office, North Maluku (Malut) deployed personnel with a joint team to search for the ship.

"Based on reports, the fishing vessel KM Cendrawasih 276 GT 30 was reported to have experienced an engine failure in the waters of Mandioli Island and currently the joint SAR team is conducting a search," said Head of Basarnas Ternate Fathur Rahman in Ternate, quoted by ANTARA.

He stated that the Bacan SAR Alert Unit team had left for Mandioli waters at around 12:10 WIT and the Joint SAR team was moving to LKP coordinates using the 309 Basarnas Rescue Boat with a distance from Panambuang Harbor to LKP 15.8 NM, Radian 243.83.

According to him, KM Cendrawasih departed from Bacan Harbor around Saturday morning at 02.00 WIT to FADs for Mandioli Island Waters to collect fish and at around 05.30 WIT, the ship experienced an engine failure while returning home to Panambuang Bacan Port.

KM Cendrawasih when the engine died and was adrift in the Mandioli waters carrying as many as 17 people

Previously, a fisherman from Panamboang Bacan Village, South Halmahera Regency who had reportedly drifted along with the rompon was finally found safe by the joint SAR Team.

The head of the Ternate Basarnas Fathur Rahman confirmed that the missing fisherman Abi (45 years old) was found at around 20:39 WIT, when the Rescue Boat (RB 309) which was conducting a search for the victim arrived at LKP, suspected and found FADs and victims at coordinates 1°4' 21.50"S.

Furthermore, the Joint SAR team evacuated the victims onto the Rescue Boat 309 to be brought back to the Port of Panambuang, Bacan and last Friday at around 7.46 WIT, the Joint SAR team arrived and docked at the Port of Panambuang Bacan, and even the victim was handed over to the family.

The joint SAR team then carried out a debriefing of the closure of the SAR operation and with the discovery of the rompon and the victim, the SAR operation was closed.