President Prabowo Subiability has ordered the Indonesian Navy (TNI\nAL) to optimise the search for a speedboat that lost contact in the\nwaters of the Sunda Strait. The order was issued by President Prabowo\nafter a group carrying five journalists and three crew members was\nreported missing since Monday (7\/9) while covering Mount Anak\nKrakatau.<\/p>\n
The President\u2019s instruction was delivered directly to the Chief of\nStaff of the Navy (KSAL) after receiving a direct report regarding the\ndisappearance of the group. The Cabinet Secretariat of the Republic of\nIndonesia, via its official Instagram account, @sekretariat.kabinet<\/span>, stated on\nThursday (10\/9) that President Prabowo had requested the Navy to act\nswiftly from the outset.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the group of five journalists and three crew members was\nreported to have lost contact on Monday night, President Prabowo\nimmediately instructed the KSAL to conduct an urgent search; on that\nsame day, the Navy immediately dispatched its vessels,\u201d the Cabinet\nSecretariat stated on Thursday (10\/9).<\/p>\n On Thursday (10\/9\/2026), the Navy deployed its strength alongside\nother Search and Rescue (SAR) elements. According to reports from the\nKSAL, 11 joint vessels have been deployed to sweep the waters where the\ngroup was last known to be located.<\/p>\n The eleven vessels include KRI Leuser-924, KRI Kerambit-627, KRI\nLepu-861, KAL Anyer I-3-64, KAL Pohawang I-3-30, RBB Peucang Lanal\nBanten, RHIB SAR 02 Banten, RHIB SAR 02 Lampung, KN SAR Tetuka-247, KN\nSAR Basudewa-224, and KP Sanjaya-7017.<\/p>\n The Cabinet Secretariat stated that the search is ongoing with the\nhope that all members of the group can be found promptly. \u201cOur prayers\nare with the safety of the entire group. May they be found safe and\nsound,\u201d wrote the Cabinet Secretariat.<\/p>\n According to reports from SAR Banten, the speedboat carrying the\ngroup departed from Pagedongan Pier, Carita, on Monday (7\/9) at\napproximately 14:00 WIB. The speedboat carried eight people, consisting\nof five journalists, a ship captain, crew members, and a guide.<\/p>\n The group was heading towards the waters of Mount Anak Krakatau to\nreport on the volcano\u2019s activity.<\/p>\n The journey initially proceeded with communication being monitored.\nAt 14:42 WIB, the group was known to have sent a location share to\nfellow journalists in Lampung. However, approximately 22 minutes later,\ncommunication with the group was severed. At exactly 15:04 WIB, no\nfurther communication could be established. The last known location was\nat coordinates 6\u00b014\u201940.52\u201dS 105\u00b040\u201949.48\u201dT.<\/p>\n Since the report of the loss of contact was received, a joint SAR\nteam has been operating in the Sunda Strait waters. The search efforts\nhave since been bolstered by the deployment of several vessels from the\nNavy, Basarnas (National Search and Rescue Agency), and the Marine\nPolice (Polairud). The search continues in an effort to find all members\nof the group, with the hope that they will be found safe.<\/p>",
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