Brazilian publicist Juliana Marins, 26, has been isolated since Friday night (Brasília time) on a slope of Mount Rinjani, one of Indonesia’s highest volcanoes, after falling from a cliff during a trail. The rescue is hampered by adverse weather conditions such as heavy rain and fog. Then see the full chronology of the case and the drama lived by the young Niteroi since the accident.
Friday, June 20, 19h, fall in the abyss
The accident happened around 19h (Brasília), last Friday (already dawn on Saturday for local time, 11am ahead). According to local authorities the young woman fell about 300 meters below the trail, near the highest point of the mountain, which is over 3,000 meters high. Hours later a group of tourists arrived at the scene and managed to locate the publicist, with the help of a drone. According to the reports, the young woman was stuck in a stone crack with difficulty of mobility. She wore jeans, t -shirt, gloves and sneakers. It was without a sweater and without glasses (she has five degrees of myopia). Family members learned of what happened by a social network and Niteroiense was recognized by a sister, because of the clothes he wore and his face in the images.
In a post made on social networks, Mariana Marins, Juliana’s sister, gave details about the girl’s fall on the trail. According to her, the publicist came out with a group of five people and a local guide. The group was already on their second day of the trail, when the Brazilian said she was tired to continue. According to Mariana’s account, the guide would have said “then rests” and followed a trip, but he denies it.
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Friday, June 20, around 10 pm, family is warned
The family was informed approximately three hours after the incident. A group of Spanish tourists who also participated in the trail found Juliana’s profile on a social network and began sending messages to several people until she locates a friend of the sisters. From this contact, communication was made by WhatsApp, with the sending of photos and videos of the place that helped confirm the identity of the victim.
Saturday, June 21, 4:30 am, rescuers arrive
First rescuers arrived in the morning of Saturday, around 4:30 am (2:30 pm local time), but failed to rescue it. A team even reached it to offer food and water. The Brazilian embassy in Indonesia reported that the rescue, however, had to be postponed due to bad weather, low visibility and extremely steep ground. The statement was passed on to the young woman’s family.
Mariana Marins, Juliana’s sister, said the climbers in charge of their rescue were at least an hour away from the critical point on Saturday morning. It was expected, according to her, that the rescue started at 8 pm that day, Brasilia time (6am in Indonesia). The relative said that her sister was “on the edge of the cliff” and that, with the rain, the situation worsened.
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“After falling, she still slid about 300 meters down,” said Mariana.
Saturday, June 21, 5:10 pm, young man is no longer seen
The last time the young woman was seen in the region was around 5:10 pm, also Brasilia, on Saturday, 21, according to information passed by Mariana, her sister. Juliana, after the accident, did not contact the family directly, for lack of signal. The information came to Brazil through a group of tourists who also made the trail and were able to trigger people close to the victim through a social network, sending messages to countless people after finding her profile. At first, the trail would last from 20 to 22 June for three days and two nights. She has been doing a backpack in the region since February this year and has passed countries such as Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Sunday, June 22, dawn, new searches
The Brazilian embassy in Indonesia, located in the capital of the country, Jakarta, confirmed GLOBO which rescue teams restarted search operation to the Brazilian. To the GLOBOHowever, Mariana Marins, the victim’s sister, denied that the rescue was restarted, because the climate situation worsened a lot in the place, which would be “very inhospitable”.
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Sunday, June 22, late morning, searches interrupted
Late Sunday morning (early evening in Indonesia), the publicist’s relatives reported that the search for the Brazilian had been officially suspended. The reason, according to them, was due to adverse weather conditions of the site, with a lot of fog.
Monday, June 23, dawn, searches continue
Diplomatic representatives of Brazil in Indonesia informed the family of the missing young woman that the rescue work was resumed. The ambassador who spoke to his family reported that a thermal drone, which captures the heat of the body was used in the search. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the information by means of a note. According to the federal government, two embassy employees moved to the scene with the objective of personally monitoring the process.
“Indonesian search and rescue agency teams just began the third day of the Brazilian tourist rescue effort in Mount Rinjani (3,726 meters high), a volcano located on Lombok Island, about 1,200 km away from Jacarta. According to information received by the team, the tourist would have fallen from a cliff that surrounds the track next to the volcano crater,” says the note.
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Monday, June 23, 5am, searches interrupted
Juliana Marins’s family, who was missing after an accident at the Volcano of Mount Rinjani, Indonesia, reported that. The place, according to the family, is “extremely severe”, with obstacles that make it difficult to access. Nevertheless, the searches had to be interrupted at 4 pm (5am in Brasilia) given the weather conditions, according to the relatives.
In post -Instagram posts relatives of the young woman criticized the work of rescuers. “A whole day and they only advanced 250m below, 350m left to get to Juliana and they retreated once again! Another day!”, They lamented.
