To support the Search and Rescue (SAR) operation for eight individuals still missing after a speedboat lost contact in the waters of the Sunda Strait.
A Dauphin AS365 N3+ helicopter (registration number HR-3604) has been deployed to assist operations in the vicinity of Mount Anak Krakatau, Banten.
Helicopter HR-3604 departed from Atang Sendjaja Air Force Base (ATS) at 12:36 WIB and was scheduled to arrive at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta, at 12:52 WIB.
The flight route covers JIExpo Kemayoran – Carita Beach – BPBD Banten – Helipad/JIExpo Kemayoran.
The helicopter is carrying a seven-person crew: Lt. Col. (Pilot) Endrik Setyo Utomo, Capt.
(Pilot) Dimas Aribowo, Staff Sergeant Deatry Mulianto, First Sergeant Moch Farhan, Second Sergeant Eki P. Ginting, Private First Class Ronni Bagus H, and Private Brillian Muammar.
This deployment is part of efforts to bolster the search through aerial support.
Specifically by monitoring the SAR operational area around the Sunda Strait waters and Mount Anak Krakatau.
The Search and Rescue Office, together with all elements of the Joint SAR team, continues to optimize various search assets and methods to locate the eight missing individuals.
