Feasibility Study of Win-In-Ground (WIG) for Rescue Operation in Kepulauan Riau

Abstract

This study aims to investigate performance of current rescue
facilities and position based on statistic data of sea accident
between 2010 and 2011 in Kepulauan Riau. Current rescue
facilities are located at the latitude 0.93105 and longitude 104.4.
Using the statistic data, an optimal recue location and facilities in
Kepulauan Riau are determine based on International Maritime
Organization (IMO) standard. International Maritime
Organization requirement, an emergency, passengers should be
able to leave the ship with time 60 minutes. The optimal position
and rescue facilities are determined using Great Circle Distance-
Spherical Trigonometry and Statistical of Standard Error
methods. In this study, simulation code is developed using visual
basic 2010 language. Results of simulation show current rescue
facility requires a lot of time to reach the accident location which
is up to 12.5 hours. In order to meet IMO requirement, this study
proposes wing in ground for rescue operation. Using current
rescue location, wing in ground also does not meet the IMO
standard which is up to 3.04 hours. Additional, this study divides
the Kepulauan Riau into two regions of rescue operation. The
optimal for rescue facilities of region 1, at the latitude 0.74568
and longitude 104.36256, and based on the distribution of the
accidents in Kepulauan Riau 2010-2011, current rescue facility required up to 5.6 hours to reach the accident area, while the wing
in ground facilities required up to 1.3 hours. The optimal for
rescue facilities of region 2, at the latitude 3.00338 and longitude
107.79373, current rescue facility required up to 5 hours to reach
the accident area, while the wing in ground facilities required
shorter time that is up to 1.2 hour.