Sabah boat mishap: Brunei chips in to aid search-and-rescue ops


  • Nation
  • Monday, 30 Jan 2017

The catamaran with 30 people on board

KOTA KINABALU: Brunei Darussalam has deployed a vessel and an aircraft to join the 13 vessels and five aircraft in the search for six people missing after a catamaran carrying 28 Chinese tourists and three crew capsized off Sabah on Saturday.

The S92 helicopter of the Brunei authorities and KDB Bakti from the Royal Brunei Navy are helping in the search that has been extended to cover 2,400 sq nautical miles, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said in a statement Monday.

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