Indonesian rescue agency Basarnas helped remove the body
of a seafarer who was killed in a crane accident aboard a bulk carrier in the
Indian Ocean. The victim, identified as Philippine national Crispin Cadiz, was
working aboard the bulker Lowland
Comfort. On July 4th he was hit by a crane and severely injured. Despite
attempts to treat him on board, he died of his injuries. The Lowland Comfort
continued its journey and when it reached the Bay of Bengal it arranged to meet
an Indonesian search and rescue vessel at Banda Aceh at the north-western mouth
of the Strait of Malacca, to offload and repatriate the body.
SAR vessel KN Kresna 232 rendezvoused with Lowland
Comfort about 7nm off the coast of Ulee Lheue Port, Banda Aceh. The body was
transferred via a small gangway, and the crew of Kresna 232 helped transport it
to a hospital on shore.
Basarnas spokesperson Ibnu Harris Al Hussain told Antara News that “the plan is that
the body will be repatriated to his home country through Jakarta”.
