Ferry sinking Padang Bai harbor
Ferry sinking Padang Bai harbour on Friday night 22.30 H. A disaster has been avoided and nobody got hurt, all passengers have been evacuated. The ferry loaded with 48 passengers, 10 Trucks, 8 cars and 9 motorbikes left Lombok harbour on Friday 12/06/2020 at 17.05 H from Lombok with normal conditions and god weather. 5,5 hours later at 21.29 H when the ferry arrived at Pier 2 in the port of Padang Bai, the captain had manoeuvrings difficulties to moor the ship . The hull touched the bottom and started to leak, The ferry leaned against the pier and the engine failed that the ferry could not be docked . ThePadang Bai KSOP and related services started to evacuate all passengers and crew to the dock at 21.45 H and was successfully completed at 22.18 H
Then all passengers and crew had medical check ups according to the Covid 19 health protocol . On Saturday morning 13/06/2020 a tugboat from Pertamina wil try to shift the ship and all shipping activities are postponed .
Ferry sinking Padang Bai
Source : https://edisi.co.id/