Items from missing Indonesian navy submarine found
24 Apr, 2021 07:46 AM
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Australian Navy ship HMAS Ballarat sails as it joins the search for Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala. Photo / AP
Australian Navy ship HMAS Ballarat sails as it joins the search for Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala. Photo / AP
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By: Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam
Indonesia s navy on Saturday said items were found from a missing submarine off Bali, indicating the vessel with 53 crew members had sunk and there was no hope of finding survivors.
Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Yudo Margono said 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.
Indonesia navy declares lost sub with 53 aboard sunk
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BANYUWANGI, Indonesia – Indonesia’s navy on Saturday declared its missing submarine had sunk and cracked open after finding items from the vessel over the past two days, apparently ending hope of finding any of the 53 crew members alive.
Military chief Hadi Tjahjanto said the presence of an oil slick as well as debris near the site where the submarine last dove Wednesday off the island of Bali were clear proof the KRI Nanggala 402 had sunk. Indonesian officials earlier considered the vessel to be only missing, but said the submarine’s oxygen supply would have run out early Saturday.
Georgia Asian Times
April 24, 2021
Banyuwangi, April 24, 2021 – 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.
“With the authentic evidence we found believed to be from the submarine, we have now moved from the sub miss phase to sub sunk,” Margono said.
Indonesia earlier considered the submarine that disappeared on Thursday off Bali as just missing. But it now declares the submarine as officially sank with no hopes of finding any survivors.
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