April 24, 2021 Share
Indonesia pressed ahead with a search for a navy submarine off Bali on Saturday, hours after the oxygen supply for 53 crew members aboard is believed to have been exhausted, with a U.S. reconnaissance plane and other nations’ vessels set to join the hunt.
There’s concern the KRI Nanggala 402 may have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time. It lost contact after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island, and the navy chief has said it was expected to run out of oxygen early Saturday morning.
“We keep doing the search until we find it and whatever the result,” Indonesia military spokesperson Djawara Whimbo said.
The KRI Nanggala 402 is believed to have sunk with 53 crew members on board. Credit: AP
Indonesia’s navy has declared its missing submarine sunk. The vessel had cracked open, killing 53 crew members aboard, authorities said.
A search mission found items from the sub, which had been missing for three days, including parts of a torpedo straightener, part of a coolant pipe, a grease bottle, and prayer rugs.
There was no hope of finding survivors from the KRI Nanggala 402, officials said.
Navy Chief Yudo Margono told a press conference on Saturday: If it’s an explosion, it will be in pieces. The cracks happened gradually in some parts when it went down from 300 meters to 400 meters to 500 meters.
The Indonesian Navy patrol boat KRI Singa (651) leaves the naval base in Banyuwangi, East Java province on April 24, 2021, as the military continues search operations off the coast of Bali for the Navy s KRI Nanggala (402) submarine that went missing April 21 during a training exercise. - AFP BANYUWANGI (Indonesia) April 24 (AP): Indonesia’s navy says items have been found from a missing submarine, indicating the vessel with 53 crew members has sunk.
Navy Chief of Staff Adm. Yudo Margono said Saturday that rescuers found several items including parts of a torpedo straightener, a grease bottle believed to be used to oil the periscope and prayer rugs from the submarine.
The cause of the disappearance is still uncertain. The navy has said an electrical failure could have left the submarine unable to execute emergency procedures to resurface.
Indonesia’s navy on Saturday declared its missing submarine had sunk, killing 53 crew members aboard, after finding items from the vessel over the past two days.