The SAR Team Is Still Looking For Anglers Who Drowned In The Waters Of Teluk Naga Beach, Tangerang

The SAR team searches for drowning anglers at Teluk Naga beach, Tangerang/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Head of the Jakarta SAR Office (Kansar) as the SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in SAR operations, Fazzli optimized the search for an angler who had drowned in the coastal waters of Muara Pertamina Village, Teluk Naga District, Tangerang Regency, Banten.

The joint SAR team sent a team of divers to conduct a search below the surface of the water.

"The diver team went down to search with a depth of about 3 to 4 meters around the incident location with a radius of 10 meters. With limited visibility, only about 10 to 15 cm in water depths that were quite dark due to cloudy weather around the scene," Fazzli said in a statement. information received by VOI, Tuesday, August 23.

In addition to the dive process, the joint SAR team also conducted a search on the water surface using a rubber boat. The SAR team also conducted a search with a search area of approximately 25 NM2 around the location of the incident.

Then the search was also carried out by visual observation through sweeping by land along the shoreline up to a radius of 10 KM from the location of the incident.

"We will continue to search in accordance with standard operating procedures for SAR operations until we find the victim," he said.

Even though the search was stopped on Monday, August 22, the night of the search, the search was continued by observing the area around the incident site and disseminating information to fishermen if they found signs of victims to report them to the relevant parties.

Previously, the victim named Supriyadi (41) had not been found and was still being sought by the joint SAR team. The incident began when the victim Supriyadi and his son Ulin (13) were fishing in a Bagan beach on Sunday, August 21, yesterday afternoon.

"At that time the victim saw the lid of the fish box fell and was dragged into the middle of the sea, then the victim tried to retrieve it by swimming," said Head of the Jakarta SAR Office as SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in SAR operations, Fazzli in a statement received by VOI in Jakarta, Monday, August 22.

While in the middle of the trip, the victim experienced cramps in his legs, until finally he drowned and disappeared from the sight of his son.

Then the victim's child asked for help from fishermen and anglers around the bagan. But unlucky, the victim has not been found until finally this report was forwarded to the SAR Team.

"After receiving information, the Jakarta search and rescue office (Kansar) has been searching since Sunday, August 21, at night. However, until Monday, August 22, the search process is still ongoing," he said.