inp.polri.go.id - Labuan Bajo. Police and residents evacuate a speedboat that ran aground in the waters of Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), (1/31/2025).

"We, together with the community, evacuated a speedboat in the Pede Beach area of ​​Labuan Bajo," said the Head of the Marine and Air Unit (Polairud) of the West Manggarai Sub-regional Police, Police Senior Inspector Dimas Yusuf Fadhillah Rahmanto, as reported by the Antaranews on Wednesday (2/5/2025).

In his statement, he added that the evacuation of the Ocean Day speedboat was carried out together with joint team of Indonesian National Police (INP) Security Maintenance Agency Marine and Air Corps, NTT Regional Police Marine and Air Directorate, and West Manggarai Sub-regional Police Marine and Air Unit.

He explained that the tourist boat ran aground because it was hit by waves and strong winds until it was thrown onto the shore after the extreme weather that hit the West Manggarai area.

The 27 Gross Tonnage (GT) speed boat collided with a rock embankment and was damaged.

At the time of the incident, the Ocean Day speedboat was not carrying guests or passengers.

"There were no fatalities in the incident, but the losses are estimated to reach hundreds of millions of rupiah," he said.

The evacuation process of the speedboat, he continued, was felt to be quite difficult because the sea water conditions were receding and shallow. The evacuation team waited until the water returned.

Furthermore, the Ocean Day speedboat has returned to Labuan Bajo waters to be repaired.

"The speedboat was successfully evacuated by being pulled using a GTOne speedboat and the evacuation process took approximately 3 hours," he explained.

He also appealed to fishermen and tour boat captains to be aware of uncertain weather.

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