Helikopter Dikerahkan Tim SAR Denpasar Cari Tujuh Wisatawan Jepang
Denpasar SAR Team Searches for Seven Japanese Missing
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Jakarta (B2B) - Satu unit helikopter dikerahkan oleh tim Search and Rescue (SAR) untuk mencari tujuh orang wisatawan asal Jepang yang dilaporkan hilang di perairan Nusa Lembongan, Kabupaten Klungkung, Bali.
"Kami kerahkan satu helikopter untuk mencari mereka dari udara," kata Kepala Seksi Potensi SAR Denpasar, Gede Darmada, Sabtu.
Ketujuh turis Jepang yang hilang tersebut adalah Niata (59), Yamamoto (33), Tomita Nahomi (28), Muri Sono Aya (27), Yosidome Atsumi (29), Takahasioko (35), and a tourist guide from Japan, Hurukawa Sahori (37).
Helikopter jenis BO 105 itu tinggal landas dari Bandar Udara Internasional I Gusti Ngurah Rai sekitar pukul 08.00 Wita menuju perairan di sekitar Nusa Penida--Nusa Lembongan.
Proses pencarian terhadap tujuh orang wisatawan Jepang termasuk seorang pemandu wisata dari negeri Sakura itu juga mengerahkan satu kapal boat dan perahu "Sea Rider" untuk menyusuri perairan Lembongan.
Tujuh orang turis dari negeri Matahari Terbit itu sebelumnya melakukan penyelaman pada Jumat (14/2) sekitar pukul 13.30 Wita di perairan utara Nusa Lembongan.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Denpasar Search and Rescue (SAR) team is searching for seven Japanese tourists who went missing in the waters off the Nusa Lembongan Island, Klungkung Regency, an official said here on Saturday.
"A helicopter has been deployed to search for the missing people," Head of SAR Denpasar Gede Darmada said.
The seven tourists reported missing were all women, namely Niata (59), Yamamoto (33), Tomita Nahomi (28), Muri Sono Aya (27), Yosidome Atsumi (29), Takahasioko (35), and a tourist guide from Japan, Hurukawa Sahori (37).
He said they had rented a special boat to go diving in the north of Nusa Lembongan waters on Friday (Feb 14) at 1.30 PM.
The operator became worried after he could see no signs of anyone 30 minutes after he had left them.
"The operator then searched for them but could not find them. It was then that the incident was reported to us at 7 PM," he explained.
At least 35 SAR personnel had been deployed and two boats were pressed into the search operations to find the missing tourists.
