Antara News, Monday, June 21, 2010 15:39 WIB
Cilacap, C Java (ANTARA News) - Eight fishermen from Cilacap, Central Java, have remained missing after their boats capsized in the Indian Oceen at 2 on Friday morning.
"The fishermen were catching fish from two motor boats - the Bali Indah-15 and Putra Jaya-1 - when they were engulfed by big waves," spokesman of the Tanjung Intan Port administration;s sea and ciasr guard unit, Aher Priyatno, said here on Monday.
He said the two ill-fated boats capsized in waters near Cemiring Tengah at the coordinates of 9.40 degrees southern latitude and 109.16 degrees eastern longitude.
After the accident, 5 members of the Bali Indah-15 crew were rescued but five others could not be found.
Of the Putra Jaya-1 crew 8 members were rescued and three others went missing.
"We still don`t know the identities of the eight missing fishermen but rescue teams continue to search for them," Aher Priyatno said.
On a separate occasion, local National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) coordinator Waluyo said his party found it difficult to search for the victims because the location where the accident occurred was far away or about 72 miles from the Cilacap coastline.
Basarnas is an independent agency with national responsibility for conducting search and rescue operations where needed throughout Indonesia.
