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TEAM IDENTIFIES TWO VICTIMS OF SUNKEN TERATAI PRIMA
Parepare, S Sulawesi, Jan 14 (ANTARA) - Forensic expert team had identified two dead victims of the sunken Teratai Prima ship in the Majene waters, West Sulawesi province, a medical practitioner said.
The two identified victims were female namely an adult of ranging from 18 to 50 years old and a child of about 6 years old, said dr Mauluddin of the forensic expert team here on Tuesday.
The accident of Teratai Prima ship with its 250 passengers and 17 crew members on board which happened in Baturoro waters, Majene regency, West Sulawesi on Jan 11, had prompted many circles to join the search and rescue efforts.
The first victim, an adult female with 159cm high and 58kg weigh, was found on Majene waters on Monday (Jan 12), the team said.
The second victim, a female child with 110cm high and 13kg weight, was found on Barru waters, South Sulawesi, and then evacuated to Pare-Pare.
In addition to the two dead victims, the rescue team had found 41 survivors out of 250 total passengers registered in the manifest of the ill-fated ship which sank in Baturoro waters on its way from Pare-Pare (South Sulawesi) to Samarinda, East Kalimantan province.
In the meantime, the Indonesian Air Force from the Sultan Hasanuddin airbase had sent a Boeing 737-300 since the sinking of KM Teratai Prima on Jan 11, for search and rescue of the victims of the sunken ship.
Up to the third day after the sea accident, the air force has at least carried out five sorties by the Boeing 737s over the Baturoro waters in Majene regency, West Sulawesi, searching for the victims, chief spokesman for the local air force Major Sus Sonaji Wibowo said in Makassar Tuesday.
The Boeing 737 flown by Major Bambang Sadewo on Jan 13 took off again to the location of the accident for an observation and search.
Although flying as low as 1000 feet (300 meters) above sea level in Majene, the aircraft had not spotted the exact location on the bottom of the sea where the shipwreck is now lying, nor any of the victims.
"Bad weather conditions are posing the most serious obstacle to the search and rescue operations, in the beginning we flew 10,000 feet high, then dropped to 5,000 feet, and maintained at 3,000 to 1,000 feet in our search operation," Pilot Bambang Sadewo added.
To be sure whether or not there were floating victims, pilot Bambang Sadewo resumed the search and observation until 10 times. But he did not see any floating victim or pieces of the sunken KM Teratai Prima. ***5***
The two identified victims were female namely an adult of ranging from 18 to 50 years old and a child of about 6 years old, said dr Mauluddin of the forensic expert team here on Tuesday.
The accident of Teratai Prima ship with its 250 passengers and 17 crew members on board which happened in Baturoro waters, Majene regency, West Sulawesi on Jan 11, had prompted many circles to join the search and rescue efforts.
The first victim, an adult female with 159cm high and 58kg weigh, was found on Majene waters on Monday (Jan 12), the team said.
The second victim, a female child with 110cm high and 13kg weight, was found on Barru waters, South Sulawesi, and then evacuated to Pare-Pare.
In addition to the two dead victims, the rescue team had found 41 survivors out of 250 total passengers registered in the manifest of the ill-fated ship which sank in Baturoro waters on its way from Pare-Pare (South Sulawesi) to Samarinda, East Kalimantan province.
In the meantime, the Indonesian Air Force from the Sultan Hasanuddin airbase had sent a Boeing 737-300 since the sinking of KM Teratai Prima on Jan 11, for search and rescue of the victims of the sunken ship.
Up to the third day after the sea accident, the air force has at least carried out five sorties by the Boeing 737s over the Baturoro waters in Majene regency, West Sulawesi, searching for the victims, chief spokesman for the local air force Major Sus Sonaji Wibowo said in Makassar Tuesday.
The Boeing 737 flown by Major Bambang Sadewo on Jan 13 took off again to the location of the accident for an observation and search.
Although flying as low as 1000 feet (300 meters) above sea level in Majene, the aircraft had not spotted the exact location on the bottom of the sea where the shipwreck is now lying, nor any of the victims.
"Bad weather conditions are posing the most serious obstacle to the search and rescue operations, in the beginning we flew 10,000 feet high, then dropped to 5,000 feet, and maintained at 3,000 to 1,000 feet in our search operation," Pilot Bambang Sadewo added.
To be sure whether or not there were floating victims, pilot Bambang Sadewo resumed the search and observation until 10 times. But he did not see any floating victim or pieces of the sunken KM Teratai Prima. ***5***
