Antara News, Sunday, March 14, 2010 19:06 WIB
Bengkulu (ANTARA News) - Search for 10 crew members of MV "Usaha Muda I" which sank in Ipuh waters, Muko Muko district, Bengkulu province, had been suspended as the vessel ran out of fuel, a naval officer said.
"Two days ago we were conducting a search at the side where the ship went down until 9 nautical miles, but no success," commander of the Ratu Samba naval ship Second Lt Endang Mulyana said here Sunday.
The Search and Rescue (SAR) team will resume searching the missing 10 crew members after the fuel supply had arrived, he said, adding that the ill-fated ship sank on Monday (March 8) while sailing from Jakarta`s Sunda Kelapa seaport to Teluk Dalam port in Nias island, North Sumatra province. Two of the ship`s crew members survived.
According to him, a fisherman claimed to have found what looked like a jerrycan but the person who might have been clinging to it was not in sight.
The search will be continued to the Ketahun waters as far as Rat Island, 9 miles from Bengkulu City, he said.
"Yesterday a search was focused on the center of the waters, tomorrow we will continue our search to the far ends of the waters," he stated.
The fishermen also said the search team had problems with the bad weather and lack of fuel.
Of the 12 crew members, the two survivors are Anto (24) and Panji (27) while the other 10 were still missing, namely Buya, the ship skipper, Safrinul, Samir, Yan, Eko, son, Alexander, Syukur, Ocha and Mamat.
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