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AMBON, KOMPAS.com – The joint SAR team and residents have resumed their search for Carol Marie alias Laila (56) who went missing in the Gulf Ambon precisely in the waters of Amahusu Village, Nusaniwe District, Ambon, Saturday (8/8/2020).
In the search operation on the second day, the joint SAR team also deployed 20 professional divers to search for missing victims.
Head of Kantoir Basarnas Ambon, Djunaidi, said that the 20 professional divers who were deployed consisted of six Indonesian Navy marine divers, four divers from Ambon Basarnas, nine divers from the diving tour guide association and one diver from the Maluku Regional Police.
“There are 20 divers deployed today to look for victims,” said Djunaidi Kompas.com via cell phone, Saturday.
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He explained that the divers who were deployed were divided into three teams, they focused on looking for victims at the dive location where the victim was declared missing.
According to Djunaidi, the search for victims today was directly monitored by the Ambon Island Military Command 1504 and the Ambon Lantamal Marine Commander.
“Pak Dandim and the Marine commander were also directly involved in the search operation,” he said.
Apart from the joint SAR team, the search for victims was also assisted by the local community.
As previously reported, the victim was declared missing after diving in these waters with her husband on Friday (7/8/2020) yesterday.
Initially, her husband, Kevin Scott Pool (57), threw himself into the sea first, then followed by his wife an hour later.
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However, after the husband rose to sea level, his wife did not rise to sea level either.
Basarnas Ambon, who received the incident report, immediately dispatched a team to the scene to conduct a search, but the victim was not found.
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