Two hikers from Sidoarjo have reportedly gone missing while climbing\nMount Semeru (3,676 metres above sea level) in Lumajang regency, East\nJava.<\/p>\n
The report was received by the Banyuwangi Search and Rescue Office on\nSaturday afternoon (7 November). \u201cWe received a report of a\nlife-threatening emergency involving two hikers who were reported\nmissing in the Mount Semeru area, in Ranu Pani district, Lumajang\nregency,\u201d said I Made Oka Astawa, head of the Banyuwangi SAR Office, in\na written statement quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
After receiving information from the head of the Ranu Pani Resort\nOffice of the national park authority at 2.37pm on Saturday, the office\nimmediately deployed a team to conduct a search and rescue\noperation.<\/p>\n
The two hikers were identified by their initials, BK and MWF, both\naged 19. \u201cThe initial information was that they planned to climb Mount\nSemeru on 31 October 2026,\u201d Astawa said.<\/p>\n
They had been unreachable since about 9pm on 2 November 2026.\nInformation received by the SAR office suggested that they may have\nclimbed without following the official permit procedures.<\/p>\n
\u201cRelevant parties have made efforts to find out where the two missing\npeople are. On 4 November, it was established that they had hired a\nmotorbike at Lumajang Terminal to travel to the Ranu Pani area,\u201d Astawa\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The following day, Thursday (5 November), the vehicle hirer and Ranu\nPani national park staff searched for the pair. At 1pm on Friday (6\nNovember), the hired motorbike was found in a resident\u2019s field near the\nMount Semeru climbing area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe discovery is one of the leads in the search for the two hikers.\nWe immediately deployed personnel, and the Jember SAR Post Rescue Team\nset off for the scene, with an estimated journey time of about three\nhours and 26 minutes,\u201d Astawa said.<\/p>\n
The operation involved four personnel from the Jember SAR Post and\nfive from the Banyuwangi SAR Office, as well as the Bromo Tengger Semeru\nNational Park Authority (TNBTS), Surabaya Metropolitan Police, the\nLumajang Regency Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) and local\nresidents.<\/p>\n
Teams were equipped with operational vehicles, thermal drones,\nmountaineering and jungle-rescue equipment, medical supplies and\nevacuation gear. Weather at the site was reported to be partly\ncloudy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe search will be conducted to the fullest, with coordination and\ncooperation among all elements of the joint SAR team as our priority. As\nof this initial report, the two hikers remain missing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Lumajang BPBD chief executive Isnugroho said his agency\nwas still awaiting official information from TNBTS about the missing\nhikers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hikers\u2019 family has filed a missing-person report in Sidoarjo.\nBasarnas teams have also headed to Ranu Pani, and the TNBTS team is\nreportedly preparing a search team, so Lumajang BPBD is ready to assist\nin the search,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-hikers-missing-on-mount-semeru-as-search-is-launched-1794055861", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }