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Navy, Bakamla deploy ships in search for plane crash victims
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A fisherman retrieves a bag believed to belong to a passenger of a police plane that crashed in the ocean between Mensanak Island and Gentar Island, near Riau, on Saturday. The Maritime Security Board (Bakamla) is searching for 12 passengers who were on board the plane, which took off from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Island, headed for Batam, Riau Islands. (Bakamla/-)
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he Indonesian Navy and the Maritime Security Board (Bakamla) have deployed ships to search for those onboard a police plane that reportedly crashed in Senayang waters, Riau Islands province, on Saturday.
The Navy has deployed two warships and two patrol boats, while Bakamla has deployed two ships — the KN Belut Laut and KN Rantos — to the area. Thirteen passengers on the plane that departed from Pangkal Pinang, Bangka Island, for Batam in Riau Islands, are missing and feared dead.
(Read also: Police plane crashes in Riau Islands waters, 13 feared dead)
Bakamla spokesperson Capt. Mardiono said that Iyar, a fisherman, found debris from the plane.
“He found plane chairs, bags and documents floating in the ocean,” Mardiono said. (jun)
