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Indonesian Navy Fears Missing Submarine Might Have Collapsed From Too Much Water Pressure
On 4/23/21 at 12:44 PM EDT
Associated Press reported.
The KRI Nanggala 402 and its 53 crew members went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island. Concern is mounting as officials fear the vessel might have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time. The navy chief said the submarine was expected to run out of oxygen early Saturday morning. We will maximize the effort today, until the time limit tomorrow at 3 a.m., military spokesperson Major General Achmad Riad told reporters.
The navy said it believes that the submarine sank to a depth of 600 to 700 meters (2,000 to 2,300 feet), much deeper than its collapse depth, at which water pressure would be greater than the hull could withstand. The vessel s collapse depth was estimated at 200 meters (655 feet) by a South Korean company that refitted the vessel in from 2009 to 2012.