Terombang Terombang Di Perairan Batu Atas Buton Selatan Sejak Selasa, 3 Penumpang Berhasil Dievakuasi Basarnas

Rescue Team from Baubau SAR Post while evacuating three ship passengers who had engine failures around Batu Atas waters, South Buton Regency/ANTARA

KENDARI - The Kendari National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) has evacuated three GT 5 passengers who experienced engine failures around the Upper Batu Waters of South Buton Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. Acting Head of the Kendari Basarnas Office, Rudi, said the ship's passengers were evacuated safely by the Baubau SAR Post Rescue Team. "All the victims have been evacuated safely. All three were evacuated to the People's Port of Topa Sula'a, Baubau City and arrived at 02.19 WITA this morning," he said in Kendari, quoted from Antara, Thursday, April 6. The Rescue Team of the Baubau SAR Post using RB 210 sat to find the victims, about 16 nautical miles southeast of the accident site or where their ship had an engine failure. Basarnas said the evacuated victims were Arvani (50), Ardiani (31), and Fifi Jufri (47). The three were male and were residents of Kaledupa District, Wakatobi Regency. Previously, on Monday (3/4) the GT 5 ship carrying the three victims sailed from Bonerate, Selayar Islands Regency, South Sulawesi Province to Kaledupa Island in Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi. Then, on Tuesday (4/4) at around 16.00 WITA the ship experienced engine failure around the waters of Batu Atas, South Buton Regency, so it needed SAR assistance. The incident was then reported to the Kendari Basarnas by one of the crew members (ABK) named Ardiani on Wednesday (5/4). After receiving the report, at 14.55 WITA the Baubau SAR Post Rescue Team departed the accident site using RB 210, so that it managed to evacuate when the victim was safe.

"By finding the victims safe, the SAR operation is declared complete and closed," concluded Rudi.