Kendari SAR team finds 3 more victims

Kendari SAR team finds 3 more victims

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A search-and-rescue (SAR) team
discovered on Thursday three more victims from a ship that sunk
in the Banda Sea, who had been missing since the incident
occurred on Friday last week. They were Aris Triono, the captain
of the Amami cargo ship, Yakub, a crewman, and Suharto, a
passenger.

They were found on Thursday floating in waters close to Menui
Island, Central Sulawesi province. The province is adjacent to
Southeast Sulawesi province, within whose territory lies the
Banda Sea. Two other victims were earlier saved by the SAR team
in the Banda Sea on Saturday last week, only a day after the ship
sank due to bad weather.

The SAR team is still searching for 10 crew members and a
passenger still missing from the incident, said Rocky Asikin, the
head of Kendari SAR team. -- JP