Basarnas Continue searching Victims of KM Sinar Bangun

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – The National Agency for Search and Rescue (Basarnas) is continuing its search operations for the motor vessel Sinar Bangun in the waters of Lake Toba in northern Sumatra. Friday (29/6) is the 12th day of

Basarnas public relations chief, Marsudi said that he has not yet released a decision on the suspension of search operations so far.

According to the operational criterion of the procedure, it was stated that the decision to suspend operations could be made seven days after the term and could be added three days later, plus three more days if it found the decision to suspend. existence of the victim. SAR, "said Marsudi when he was contacted CNNIndonesia.com Friday (29/6).

During the last operation, Basarnas detected an object belonging to KM Sinar Bangun by means of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), such as seats and ropes detected at coordinates 2 47 04.144 N – 098 45 10.560 E.

"About 4.3 kilometers It says that the Basarnas and the joint SAR team will immediately seek the evacuation of the victims considering all the possibilities.

In relation to the number of casualties, the data of the 39 National SAR Agency indicates 164 pbadengers KM Sinar Bangun still declared missing.

While 21 people were declared safe, and three people died, however the number of casualties to date is still confused because of the Absence of ship manifest data

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