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JAKARTA - Two tourists who are a married couple from Semarang were reported missing while riding a private jet ski in Bangsring Sea, Banyuwangi, East Java, Friday, October 16 afternoon.

Banyuwangi SAR Post Coordinator Wahyu Setia Budi in Banyuwangi, Saturday, said the husband and wife who were declared missing while driving a private jet ski, Agus Ardianto (39) and his wife Raras (35), tourists from Semarang, Central Java.

"We got information from Mas Arie, who is a friend of Agus Ardianto (the victim in the search) at around 16:50 WIB. Furthermore, Basarnas tries to carry out the evacuation process using a fast rigid inflatable boat (RIB)," said Wahyu as quoted by Antara , Saturday. .

However, he continued, the search and evacuation carried out on Friday (16/10) night was stopped because the weather was not supportive and the waves in Bangsring waters were quite large and endangered the SAR team.

"The consideration was to stop the search last night because the weather was not supportive, sea water had entered the officer's ship during the search, so we returned to land," he said.

On this Saturday, according to Wahyu, the joint SAR team consisting of Basarnas, TNI / Polri, BPBD and fishermen continued the search for the missing victim from Central Java.

"Today's search is focused on the location of the last victim who sent the location (shareloc) by using the RIB Basarnas fast boat," he said.

Information was obtained, the married couple from Central Java drove a private jet ski from Bama Beach, Baluran Situbondo National Park, and planned to go to Menjangan Island, Jembrana (Bali), but on the way (Bangsring waters, Banyuwangi) it was suspected that a jet ski engine die.


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