SAR Team Deploys Three Ships and Helicopter in Search for KMP Yasmin Victims
The joint SAR team has deployed three ships and one helicopter in the search for five victims believed to still be missing following the fire incident on the passenger ferry KMP Putri Yasmin in the waters of the Lombok Strait, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).
“We are deploying all available SAR resources, both personnel and main equipment at sea and in the air, by dividing the search sectors in a targeted manner. This cross-sectoral synergy is crucial to accelerate the discovery of victims amid the challenging water conditions,” said Head of the Mataram SAR Office Muhamad Hariyadi in Mataram on Friday.
He explained that this SAR operation is centred through the SAR Command Post at Lembar Port. To maximise the search on this third day, the joint SAR team has deployed main equipment divided into several search areas.
KN SAR 220 Mataram, KAL Belongas, and KAL Lembar, he said, are conducting searches at sea. Meanwhile, the SGi Air Bali helicopter, supported by Finns Search And Rescue and personnel from the Denpasar SAR Office, is conducting searches from the air.
Deputy for Search and Rescue Operations and Basarnas Readiness, Marine Major General Edy Prakoso, also directly monitored the SAR operation in the field through the SAR Command Post and coordinated with relevant parties.
This SAR operation involves various SAR elements, including the Mataram SAR Office and Denpasar SAR Office, Mataram Naval Base, SGi Air Bali and Finns Search And Rescue crew, NTB Regional Police Directorate of Water and Air Police, Lembar Harbourmaster Office, Lembar BKK, Lembar SROP, JRP, BPTB, Gapasdap, DVI of NTB Regional Police Medical and Health Division, West Lombok Health Office, Tripat Regional General Hospital, Mataram City Regional General Hospital, NTB Provincial Regional General Hospital, ASDP, and Jembatan Kembar Community Health Centre.
It is known that as of Thursday (13/8), the total number of victims who had been successfully evacuated was 212 people, with details of 211 survivors and one fatality.
The joint SAR team is now focusing the search on five passengers reported as still missing.