Boat Sinking, One Fisherman Reported Missing In Kasilampe Waters

SAR team looking for missing fisherman in the waters of Kasilampe/Photo: Antara

KENDARI - The SAR team from the Kendari Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas) was deployed to look for a fisherman named Salam (35), who was reported missing after the long boat he was using sank in the waters of Kasilampe, Kendari Bay, Sunday, July 17. According to the Head of Basarnas Kendari Aris Sofingi in Kendari, Monday, Salam's family on the evening of Sunday July 17 at 20.26 WITA reported that Salam was missing after the boat he was using for fishing was hit by high waves. Salam and two residents of Anduonohu Village, Poasia District, Kendari City, went fishing to Kasilampe waters on Sunday, July 17 at around 06.00 WITA. However, at around 19.00 WITA their long boat was hit by a wave so that it sank. Aris said that two of Salam's colleagues, Muhammad Aprianto (33) and Colla (30), managed to save themselves in the disaster. Search and Rescue Kendari was dispatched to the location where the victim was reported missing.

The rescue team from the Kendari Search and Rescue Office arrived at the location of the missing victim at 20.46 WITA and carried out a search until midnight, but that effort was fruitless. "Search operations have continued this Monday morning since 07.00 WITA," said Aris. continued search operations, team 1 searched the eastern part of the Kendari bay estuary to the west of the location where the victim was reported missing as far as 0.3 nautical miles using a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) and team 2 searched around the location where the victim was reported missing using an inflatable boat. Basarnas coordinated with Kesyahbandaran Office, Port Authority (KSOP) Class II Kendari, and Kendari Navigation District in conducting a search.