Baca di yahoo news tt berita ini. 4 selamat, 3 ditemukan tewas dan 4 hilang.
Turut berduka cita bagi yg tidak selamat. Hebatna orang sana, peralatan
survivalnya lengkap juga yah. Terus itu coast guard sampai ngirimin pesawat
segala dan melemparkan 2 buah life raft dari udara. Hmm I wonder, habis itu
keluarga yg selamat maupun yg tidak selamat ditagih biaya rescue nya gak yah?
Salut juga buat kapal ikan terdekat yg langsung datan menolong begitu ada
disstress signal.
Pengalaman terakhir gue di laut Bojonegara beberapa minggu lalu agak kurang
menggembirakan. setelah melakukan pekerjaan sampingan penyelaman teknik, kapal
yg gue tumpangi patah per klep mesin. dah gak mungkin diperbaiki di tempat dan
terapung-apung gak berdaya. Namun sinyal SOS tangan kita ke nelayan nelayan
sekitar kagak ditanggapi!! Rese abeesss! mereka masih sibuk ngejar2 ikan
(istilahnya lagi tawur ikan) dan gak mempedulikan kita yang lagi kesulitan di
laut. Waduh jadinya kita bikin dayung dari kayu lepasan di kapal dan mendayung
sendiri deh ke tepi pantai. duh untung itu masih dekat pantai. Gilee bener...
Survival khas Indonesia.
rgd,
Joe
4 survivors found after boat disappears off Alaska
By DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer Dan Joling, Associated Press Writer –
46 mins ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Four crew members of a fishing boat were plucked alive from
a life raft in frigid, stormy seas in a remote Alaskan island chain Wednesday,
hours after their vessel was reported in distress, a Coast Guard spokesman
said. Three crew members died, and four remained missing.
A search continues for other members of the Katmai, a 93-foot fish processor
based on Alaska's Kodiak island, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Levi Read.
The water was 43 degrees when rescuers hauled the survivors out of the raft,
Read said. He couldn't speculate on how long they were in the raft because it
was not known exactly when they abandoned their boat. Still, he said, several
factors helped them survive.
"That takes a lot of fortitude and a lot of heart," Read said. Their survival
suits, their physical condition, and an effort to keep one another semi-warm
and awake all could have helped them endure, he said.
The four survivors were discovered in the raft near the Amchitka Pass, which
links the Bering Sea to the Pacific Ocean about 1,400 miles southwest of
Anchorage.
They were to be flown in a Coast Guard helicopter to nearby Adak Island, but
Read said they asked to remain with the Coast Guard so they could help with the
search.
It wasn't clear what happened to the boat.
The Coast Guard received an electronic signal at 1 a.m. from the Katmai. A
search helicopter and C-130 airplane were sent from Kodiak, a journey of about
4 1/2 hours. The plane crew spotted two strobe lights in the water and dropped
two life rafts. But after sunup, the searchers had seen no sign of the Katmai
or its crew, Read said.
One strobe was attached to an empty survival suit and the other was attached to
a floating emergency beacon that can be triggered automatically by contact with
water. Vessels are required to carry those devices to signal emergencies and
aid searches.
The Coast Guard did not receive a mayday call, but given the boat's remote
location, it may not have been heard.
"It's hard to say whether they tried or not," Read said.
At least one fishing vessel arrived to help the Coast Guard with the search,
and another was expected soon. The fishing vessel found one of the three
bodies, as well as debris, survival suits, fishing gear, a buoy and a life
ring, Read said.
But no oil sheen typically seen from sunken vessels had been spotted, so the
Coast Guard was not prepared to say with certainty that the vessel had sunk.
The Coast Guard reported 10- to 15-foot seas in the area, with winds from the
north at 34 mph. The area had a mix of rain and snow.
The Katmai was carrying a load of cod and was heading toward Dutch Harbor on
Unalaska Island, Read said. Dutch Harbor is 800 miles southwest of Anchorage
and about 610 miles southwest of Kodiak.
According to state permit records, the Katmai is owned by Seattle-based Katmai
Fisheries. Calls to the company were not immediately returned.
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