Five journalists and two crew members have been reported to have lost\ncontact while travelling to cover the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in\nthe Sunda Strait.<\/p>\n
The Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Basarnas Banten is currently\nbeing deployed to conduct searches around the site of the incident.<\/p>\n
The Head of Basarnas Banten, Al Amrad, explained that the group\ninitially departed through Banten waters on Monday (7\/9) afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Monday, 7 September 2026, at 14:00 WIB, Banten journalists\ndeparted from the Pagedongan Carita pier to cover the activity of Mount\nAnak Krakatau,\u201d said Al Amrad in a statement cited by detikcom on\nTuesday (8\/9).<\/p>\n
Before being declared missing, one of the journalists in the group\nhad established communication with a colleague in Lampung. In that final\ncommunication, the journalist shared the vessel\u2019s live location.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last communication from the victims to a Lampung journalist\nnamed Abay showed that at 14:42 (7\/9), a final location share was sent,\nand at 15:04, contact was lost. As of this report, the victims have not\nbeen found,\u201d Amrad explained.<\/p>\n
Based on updated data from Basarnas as of Tuesday (8\/9) evening at\n19:40 WIB, it has been confirmed that there were seven people in the\ngroup travelling to the Sunda Strait on the vessel. The group consisted\nof five journalists and two crew members.<\/p>\n
To date, sweeping and search efforts continue to be carried out by\njoint task forces.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/5-journalists-reported-to-have-lost-contact-during-anak-krakatau-eruption-coverage-1788879657", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }