Ten people die in Kendari ship accident<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): At least 10 people were found dead while 17
\nothers were still missing on Tuesday after their cargo ship
\nfoundered in the Wowoni Strait in Southeast Sulawesi, three days
\nago.<\/p>\n
Ten bodies of both passengers and crew of KM Pangebu were
\nfound by the Navy, water police, a Search and Rescue (SAR) team
\nand local fishermen.<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday evening, only one man, identified as ship crew
\nmember Sudarso, had been found alive, Sgt. Abdul Ma'is, a SAR
\nteam member, told The Jakarta Post last night.<\/p>\n
\"So far, there has been no significant progress in the search,
\nwhich is still going on,\" Ma'is said.<\/p>\n
Sudarso was still receiving medical treatment at the house of
\nthe village chief of Dompo-dompo in Waworete district in Kendari
\nregency.<\/p>\n
The Wowoni Strait is located southeast of the capital Kendari.<\/p>\n
Captained by Gunawan, whose body is one of those found, the
\ncargo ship, with 22 crew, six Indonesian Maritime Academy (AMI)
\nstudents of Ujungpandang and 3,000 tons of cement on board, was
\nsailing from the port of Biringkasi, Pangkep regency, South
\nSulawesi, to Ternate in North Maluku.<\/p>\n
The AMI students were to conduct field practice in Maluku.<\/p>\n
The ship departed from Biringkasi on May 5 and was due to
\narrive in Ternate on May 12.<\/p>\n
En route, the ship had to reduce speed and reschedule the
\narrival date due to unfavorable weather conditions.<\/p>\n
In the Wowoni Strait on Saturday, big waves repeatedly
\nbuffeted the ship.<\/p>\n
Passengers and crew on the ship did not have time to release
\nlifeboats due to the rapid sinking of the vessel, Antara quoted
\nSudarso as saying.<\/p>\n
But he said all people on board were wearing life jackets.<\/p>\n
Six of the 10 deceased have been identified. They are ship
\ncrew members Gunawan, Sutejo, Elias Umar, Wasta Simanungkalit,
\nand AMI students Wahyudin and Djumiati.<\/p>\n
The other people, including those still missing, were crew
\nmembers Mulyono, Teguh Ladianto, Yulianto, Kartubi, Herman
\nHeryanto, Jon Kundyiarto, Undang SK, Imam Gumilar, Sawal
\nSupriyanto, M. Rozak, Didik Supriyadi, Daud Pangelo, Sutiman,
\nMulyono, Sugi, Juhendi and Hendro, and AMI students Nonobudi,
\nHerivahu and Amir Tirtana.<\/p>\n
The SAR team, led by Mawardy Yusuf, head of the Southeast
\nSulawesi Transportation Ministry office, is combing the strait
\nand nearby Muna Utara and Buton Utara waters for the other
\nbodies.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident, Antara reported a boat carrying three
\npeople also sank on Sunday at Kendari Bay near the location of
\nthe first incident.<\/p>\n
Two people, lecturer Arman Kudus of the state Halu-uleo
\nUniversity and a government official of the Southeast Sulawesi
\nSocial Ministry office Iskandar Sabara were still missing.<\/p>\n
The third passenger, Hadis, managed to survive by swimming to
\na nearby island. (01)<\/p>",
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