Boat Capsize: Search and rescue operation radius expanded


A bird's eye view of Tanjung Balau.

KOTA TINGGI: The radius of the search and rescue operation (SAR) for victims in a boat capsize incident in Tanjung Balau here, which has entered its fourth day today, has been widened to 76.5 nautical square miles for air assets and 106.02 nautical square miles for the search at sea.

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), in a statement on Saturday (Dec 18), said the total search area to date involved 182.5 nautical square miles covering Tanjung Balau to Sungai Rengit.

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