Belaga tragedy: Challenging fourth day for search team

May 31, 2013

The team was incompetent to refloat a capsised express vessel after 3 tries despite regulating a high-powered tugboat. - Reuters pic

BELAGA, May 31 It was a severe fourth day for a poke as well as rescue (SAR) team on a fourth day of a express vessel tragedy in Giam Bungan, Sungai Rajang near here today.

The team was incompetent to refloat a capsized express vessel after 3 tries despite regulating a high-powered tugboat.

Belaga police chief, DSP Bakar Sebau pronounced they would try to get a crane to help out though expected a operation to be behind because of a Gawai celebrations which begins tomorrow.

Even more unfortunate, a single of a engines of a tugboat overheated on top of a SAR operation hampered by bad prominence encountered by a divers as well as a strong river current, he told reporters at a SAR operations centre, about an hours tour from Belaga town, today.

Some 180 members from assorted agencies, between them a police, Fire as well as Rescue Department, Civil Defence Department as well as Welfare Department were concerned in todays operation.

Since a tragedy happened on Tuesday, 204 people survived, a single body was recovered, while 3 others have been still reported missing.

Police expelled a names of those blank as follows:

1. Maurice Anak Ajan

2. Paulus

3. Roslin Jati. Bernama


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