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View all search resultsTwo fishing vessels capsize in North Sumatra, one dead 6 missing
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Fishing boats are seen berthed at a dock in Belawan estuary in North Sumatra in this file photo (Antara/Septianda Perdana)
T
wo fishing vessels capsized in heavy seas in the waters off North Sumatra on Sunday, leaving one fisherman dead with six others still missing as of Tuesday.
The dead man has been identified as Mukhlis, 60, a resident of Labuhan Ruku, Batubara regency. His body was recovered from the sea near Bagan Asahan in Tanjung Balai city on Tuesday.
Based on reports from the Medan Search and Rescue (SAR) Agency, the first fishing vessel to capsize was off the coast of Tanjung Tiram in Batuba at about 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Six hours later, the KM Jaya Mandiri 5 capsized near Kuala Tanjung Balai Asahan.
Medan SAR Agency chief Hery Marantika said nine people were rescued from the first fishing vessel but Mukhlis was declared missing before his body was found on Tuesday.
"When the ship was in the waters off Tanjung Tiram, the weather rapidly deteriorated and the vessel was hit by large waves, until it overturned," Hery said on Tuesday, as quoted by cnnindonesia.com.
"The victim's shipmates managed to save themselves but he [Mukhlis] was swept away by the current before being lost from sight."
