10 Tewas, Lima Hilang Akibat Perahu Tenggelam di Kepri
10 Dead, 5 Missing after Boat Sinks in Indonesia
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
10 ORANG tewas dan lima orang hilang setelah sebuah perahu kayu kecil terbalik di laut dan tenggelam pada Minggu di lepas pantai Pulau Bintan di Provinsi Kepulauan Riau, selatan Singapura.
Pencarian dan penyelamatan korban dilakukan oleh personel polisi dan angkatan laut yang mencari korban selamat dari tenggelamnya kapal tersebut. Dua orang berhasil diselamatkan. Dua orang anak termasuk di antara 10 korban tewas.
Sekitar 20 kapal dan 50 kapal nelayan telah dikerahkan dalam kegiatan pencarian. Namun upaya tersebut terhambat oleh gelombang tinggi dan arus yang kuat, kata Kepala Pusat Data Informasi dan Humas Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
Dia mengatakan bahwa para penumpang kapal adalah wisatawan lokal yang bepergian ke pulau Penyengat, sekitar 6 kilometer dari kota Tanjung Pinang di Bintan.
Perahu itu mendekati tujuan ketika tenggelam. Nugroho mengatakan beberapa penumpang mencoba berenang namun tersapu gelombang laut setinggi tiga meter, seperti dikutip Associated Press yang dilansir MailOnline.
TEN PEOPLE died and five were missing after a small wooden boat capsized in rough seas and sank Sunday off Indonesia's Bintan island, south of Singapore, Indonesian officials said.
Search and rescue personnel, maritime police and the navy were searching for survivors of the sinking. Two people were rescued. Two children were among the 10 people who died.
About 20 ships and 50 fishing boats have been deployed in the search. The effort was being hampered by high waves and strong currents, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
He said the people on the boat were local tourists traveling to Penyengat island, about 6 kilometers (4 miles) from the city of Tanjung Pinang on Bintan.
The boat was close to its destination when it sank. Nugroho said some of the passengers tried to swim but were overcome by 3-meter (10-foot) waves.
Boat sinkings are common in Indonesia, an archipelago of some 17,000 islands. Ferries are often overcrowded and poorly regulated.
