A search and rescue operation has been launched as a Filipino seafarer from Barangay Taloc, Bago City, Negros Occidental, has gone missing in Indonesian waters, according to his family members.
Michael John Abibiason, 22, works as an engine cadet at Cardiff Crewing Filipinas Inc. onboard M/V Shinumi. He was reported missing while the vessel was in Indonesian waters, reported ABS-CBN News.
According to his father Eric, they received a call from their son’s company informing about the incident on Thursday.
However, he has not received any further information about his son from the company, the report said.
Indonesian news reported that a crew of M/V Shinumi went missing on Tuesday in the waters around Bangka Beitung. A search and rescue operation was conducted but it failed to find the missing person so far.
The Abibiason family remains hopeful that they will find and see Michael alive, the reports said.
