Journalists Missing in Indonesia After Volcano Mission
Basarnas said high waves and poor visibility hampered the search as rescuers looked for seven people aboard the speedboat.
- On Monday, a speedboat carrying five journalists and two crew members went missing near Mount Anak Krakatau while departing from Pagedongan Pier in Carita, Indonesia, to cover the volcano's eruption.
- The journalists were sent to photograph Mount Anak Krakatau's eruption, which since Saturday had paralyzed airports and blanketed Jakarta and neighboring cities in volcanic ash.
- Basarnas official Albert Wenno confirmed a journalist identified as Abay made the final contact at 2:42 p.m. Monday, with one journalist sharing his location at 3:00 p.m. before communication ceased.
- High waves and poor visibility have hampered rescue efforts in the Sunda Strait. Albert stated, "As of the time this report was filed, the victims had not been found."
- Search operations were halted for the day and will resume Wednesday morning. Marine accidents remain a regular occurrence in Indonesia due to lax safety standards and inclement weather.
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Journalists missing in Indonesia after volcano mission
JAKARTA: Indonesian teams were searching on Tuesday (Sep 8) for eight people, including five journalists who had gone missing while travelling to cover the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, the national rescue agency said.The group set out on a speedboat from an area near the capital Jakarta on Monday afternoo
An alarm has been raised in Indonesia as authorities say they have lost contact with a boat carrying eight people after the volcano erupted. Among them were five journalists, who had gone to the area to cover Anak Krakatau's activity. The boat had set sail on Monday afternoon from a port in Baden province, located about 120 kilometres west of the capital Jakarta, according to the search and rescue service.
The outboard departed on Monday afternoon from a port in Banten province, about 120 km west of the capital Jakarta, the search and rescue agency reported in a statement. Among the passengers were five Indonesian journalists working for local and international media, including the Indonesian public news agency Antara, the Turkish agency Anadolu or the local news site Inews. The journalists intended to photograph and film the eruptions of the Anak…
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Journalists aimed to photograph and video the volcano's eruptions
The Banten Regional Police and Basarnas continue to search for a group of journalists who lost contact in the Sunda Strait.
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