JAKARTA, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Eleven people were feared dead after a
ship sank in the waters off Indonesia’s Bali resort island four days ago, a
top rescuer said on Friday.
The fishing ship, KM Tanjung Permai, operated by a fishing firm was hit by
huge waves and capsized in the sea off southern Bali island on Monday night, head of Search and Rescue Office of Bali Island Gede Darmada said.
Darmada said the information was reached from one of the 12 crew members of the ship, who was rescued on Thursday afternoon, saying that the man named Nurohman had used a floating object to survive.
The head of the rescue office said the ship was sailing without safety
equipment and under unfavorable weather conditions when the incident
occurred, citing a warning of extreme weather had been issued by the weather agency, he said.
“If we see the condition of the ship which had no life jackets and no other
safety equipment, the opportunity for the eleven crews to survive is very
small,” he said.
Nurohman was saved by a passing boat in the Grajagan Strait of nearby
province of East Java after the current swept him to the strait, said
Darmada.
Alif Supartana, head of Operational Unit of Search and Rescue Office in
Bali, said the search for the missing crew members resumed on Friday,
involving personnel of Navy, the search and rescue offices and water
policemen in Bali island and Eat Java province’s Banyuwangi district. — NNN-XINHUA
