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        "msgid": "two-victims-of-sunken-vessel-in-donggala-regency-declared-missing-1771776773",
        "date": "2026-02-22 21:14:01",
        "title": "Two victims of sunken vessel in Donggala Regency declared missing",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Two crew members of the KLM Nur Ainun Balqis, which sank in the Makassar Strait off Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi, have been declared missing after a seven-day search operation by a joint SAR team was called off. Three of the five people on board were rescued by local fishermen, whilst the search for the remaining two was hampered by uncertainty over the exact location where the vessel went down.",
        "content": "<p>Palu (ANTARA) \u2014 Two victims of the sunken vessel KLM Nur Ainun Balqis\nin the waters of the Makassar Strait off Donggala Regency, Central\nSulawesi, have been declared missing after a seven-day search operation\nby a joint SAR team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the seventh day of the SAR operation, the victims had not been\nfound. At 15:45 Central Indonesian Time, the joint SAR team, together\nwith the victims\u2019 families and local government officials, held a\ndeliberation and agreed to halt the search,\u201d said Palu Search and Rescue\nOffice Head Muh Rizal in Palu on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that following the closure of the SAR operation, monitoring\nwould continue, and should any signs of the victims emerge, the SAR\noperation would be reopened. Meanwhile, the SAR elements involved would\nbe returned to their respective units.<\/p>\n<p>Seven days of searching using the KN SAR Baladewa, assisted by\nfishing boats and the joint SAR team, yielded no signs of the victims\u2019\nwhereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe distance between search tracks was one nautical mile heading\nsouth and west. During the search process, the team faced difficulties\nas the exact location where KLM Nur Ainun Balqis sank was unknown,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the joint SAR team had made every effort to conduct\nthe search by combing through areas suspected of being relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Of the five people aboard KLM Nur Ainun Balqis when it sank, three \u2014\nSaharudin (47), Muh Alwi (32), and Mukain (47) \u2014 were found alive by\nDonggala fishermen, whilst two others, Gus Wan (47) and Adam (20), were\ndeclared missing.<\/p>\n<p>KLM Nur Ainun Balqis reportedly set sail from Nunukan Port in North\nKalimantan bound for Orange Port in Barru Regency, South Sulawesi, on\nThursday (12 February) at approximately 02:00 Central Indonesian\nTime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the voyage, whilst in the Makassar Strait, the vessel was\nstruck by waves and listed until it sank. All passengers and crew jumped\ninto the sea to save themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
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