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JATENG - Basarnas Cilacap continues to search for 11 crew members (ABK) who lost their Serba Prima 8 Motor Ship (KM) which they were traveling in by fire in the Indian Ocean.

"Search efforts were carried out by a team from the Jakarta Basarnas with adequate equipment because the location is quite far, about 200 miles from Cilacap or a bit close to the waters of Christmas Island, Australia," said Head of Cilacap Basarnas Adah Sudarsa in Cilacap, Central Java, Friday, May 19, confiscated by Antara.

In this search process, the Cilacap Basarnas also coordinated with the Banten Basarnas, and the All-Indonesian Fishermen Association (HNSI) to inform fishing and commercial vessels around the scene to help search.

In addition, he said, Basarnas had also coordinated with Australia to help search for the 11 crew members considering the location of the incident was close to Christmas Island.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Cilacap "Mino Saroyo" Village Unit Cooperative (fisher Cooperative, ed.) Untung Jayanto said that based on instructions from the Chairman of the DPC HNSI Cilacap Regency and the owner of the burning ship, fishing boats around the scene were asked to join in looking for 11 crew members of KM Serba Prima 8.

"Incidentally, there were many ships belonging to Mr. Rudiyanto or Che Cai and left in groups with the burning ship. So when they received news of the fire, Boss Che Cai immediately instructed other ships to join in looking for victims," he said.

According to him, all KM Serba Prima 8 crew members have been protected by BPJS Employment because the requirements are complete.

Based on data from the Cilacap Police, KM Serba Prima 8 is known to have departed from PPSC Pier, on Wednesday, April 5, with 14 crew members looking for fish in the Indian Ocean.

However, on Tuesday, May 16, at around 23.15 WIB, the ship, which was at 8.27 degrees south latitude and 105.19 degrees east longitude or near Christmas Island, Australia, caught fire in the upper exhaust of the ship while all crew members were sleeping.

When they found out about the fire, all crew members tried to extinguish the fire, but could not because the flames had grown.

Therefore, all crew members jumped into the sea by holding a parachute life or floating anchor. However, after the fire began to be extinguished at around 04.00 WIB, two crew members broke away from others for taking the initiative to swim after KM Serba Prima 8 and board the ship, while 11 crew members were still holding the parachute.

Furthermore, on Wednesday 17 May, at around 11.35 WIB, two crew members known as Nur Hasim (36) and Hari Setiawan (38), both residents of Pemalang Regency, were rescued by KM Results 2 who passed around KM Serba Prima 8 which had been extinguished at 8.24 degrees south latitude and 102.27 degrees east longitude.

KM Results Always 2 who were on their way back to Cilacap then docked at the PPSC Pier on Friday 19 May, at 02.35 WIB, while the other 11 crew members were still being searched by ships around the scene.

At the time of the incident, the wind moved from east to west while the current was from west to east, so that KM Serba Prima 8 was burned or swept away to the west, but 11 crew members were anchored by the larat parachute to the east.

The 11 crew members who are still being searched consist of Andri Budi Nugroho, Arifudin, Dimas Andi, Dodi Irawan, Masiman, Prima Ayatuloh, SelAMEt Mas Dedi, Sutikno, Suwandi, Teguh Santoso, and Wamoto.

Meanwhile, the captain of KM Serba Prima 8 named Agus Setiawan is known to have returned a few days before the fire. Previously, Agus Setiawan contacted the ship owner to ask for permission to return to Cilacap because his wife was about to give birth.

Therefore, Agus Setiawan returned to Cilacap by boarding another ship that is still one company and will return to PPSC Pier, while KM Serba Prima 8 was operated by the deputy captain on behalf of Teguh Santoso for his return trip to Cilacap.


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