On The Second Day Of Search 11 Ship Victims Sinked In The Makassar Strait, The Difficulty Team Was Blocked By Bad Weather

Efforts to search for victims of the KM ship. Teman Niaga by Basarnas who deployed the KN SAR Laksmana 241/Via ANTARA ship

BANJARBARU - The search for 11 victims of the KM Teman Niaga ship that sank in the Makassar strait entered its second day. The search area was expanded with the help of the Navy and the Navy (Bakamla) together with the Search and Rescue Office (Basarnas). "Throughout Sunday the team has not found any casualties with the search area expanded to 83 nautical miles (NM) from the discovery of survivors," said Head of the Operations Sub-Section of the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Office Amri Zuna Kurniawan in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Antara, Sunday, August 28. He explained that bad weather was an obstacle in today's search process. In addition, the absence of certainty of the initial position of the sinking of the ship also helped complicate the discovery of the victims. "Currently the team is also continuing to dig up information from four survivors. Incidentally, only one person has been able to communicate, while the other three are still undergoing medical treatment," Amri explained. Basarnas deployed the KN SAR Laksmana 241 ship to conduct a search scheduled for seven days since the information was received on Friday, August 26 at 19.20 WITA. Then today's search was also assisted by Bakamla with KN Snamon 405 and two Warships of the Republic of Indonesia (KRI) from Koarmada II, namely KRI Tongkol 813 and KRI inviting 653. It is known that KM Teman Niaga containing cement that sank in the Makassar strait carrying 15 passengers sailing from Tarjun, Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan to Waikelo, East Nusa Tenggara and is scheduled to stop in Biringkassi, Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi for a bangker. Basarnas received information last Friday at 19.20 WITA from the ship's agency that on Thursday, August 25 at 16.00 WITA it was found that 4 victims of KM Teman Niaga were rescued by Dharma Fery 3 ship which was sailing from Pare-Pare to Batulicin. Based on information from survivors on behalf of Muhdi Mufazan that on Monday, August 22, at around 22.00 WITA KM Teman Niaga drowned due to bad weather on his way to Biringkassi.