20-crew fishing boat still missing in Sulawesi water<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
A fishing boat carrying at least 20 crew members has been
\nreported missing since last week in waters east of Wawonii Island
\nin South Konowe regency, Southeast Sulawesi province, amid rough
\nseas there.<\/p>\n
The Tiga Bersama motor boat, driven by H. Hasan, was declared
\nmissing on Aug. 28 after going fishing in waters east of Wawonii
\nand the Banda Sea, Bambang, operations head of the search and
\nrescue agency in the Southeast Sulawesi capital of Kendari, was
\nquoted by Antara as saying on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The ill-fated vessel left the Langara seaport in Wawonii
\nsubdistrict on Aug. 26, but its whereabouts remained unclear on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
\"A boat usually goes fishing in the Banda Sea for three days
\nat the longest. But the Tiga Bersama has not returned in over a
\nweek,\" Bambang said, quoting Langara seaport head M. Yusuf.<\/p>\n
H. Umar, the owner of the Tiga Bersama vessel, has deployed
\ntwo of his other boats to search for the missing vessel.<\/p>\n
The search also involved local residents, including fishermen,
\nalong with the rescue team from Kendari, and was conducted
\nbetween waters off Wawonii Island and Samarengga Island in
\nCentral Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
Tragedies at sea in Indonesian waters have frequently been
\nblamed on human error, often caused by overloading.<\/p>\n
The Kendari SAR team asked the owners of fishing vessels and
\nfishermen to sail in a \"collective manner\" so as to help each
\nother in case one of their boats faces difficulties.<\/p>\n
\"Fishermen working off Wawonii Island and Banda Sea have to be
\nmore careful because the waters will remain rough until the end
\nof September,\" Bambang said.<\/p>",
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