Antara News, Thursday, May 27, 2010 03:48 WIB
Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) - Head of the Tanjungpinang Search and Rescue (SAR) squad Bambang Subagyo said SAR has stopped its search for the wreck of a naval patrol boat along which went down and three passengers were missing in Lingai waters.
"Today we have stopped our search for the naval patrol boat`s wreck and the three missing passengers in Lingai waters," Bambang said here Wednesday night.
The naval patrol boat caught fire and sank in Lingai waters, Anambas islands, on Thursday at 9.30 am local time. It had 22 passengers mostly family welfare personnel on their way to a working visit to Jemaja island from Tarempa.
Nineteen survived but sustaining burns and broken bones, and are still undergoing intensive treatment at a local hospital.
Bambang said that under the operational standard of the National SAR team, the search for a ship wreck and its victims is carried out for seven days.
The 62 to 65 deep waters he said were also a problem to the divers in search for the wreck and missing passengers.
