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Rescue aircraft and ships are scouring the sea north of Bali as the hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew on board reaches a critical phase due to limited supplies of oxygen aboard the 44-year-old vessel.
More navy ships left the Indonesian base of Banyuwangi early on Friday to head to the Bali Sea where contact was lost with the KRI Nanggala-402 on Wednesday during a torpedo drill. The main priority is the safety of the 53 crew members, President Joko Widodo said late on Thursday, calling for an all-out effort to find the vessel.
Helicopters also flew from Bali at first light.
The Straits Times
Indonesia s missing submarine: What you need to know
The Indonesian Cakra class submarine KRI Nanggala 402 setting out from the naval base in Surabaya on April 21, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
PublishedApr 22, 2021, 6:51 pm SGT
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Singapore Navy sends rescue ship to assist in search for Indonesian submarine April 22, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has dispatched a submarine rescue vessel to participate in the search for an Indonesian Navy submarine that was reported missing in the waters near Bali on 21 April.
As disclosed by
Ng Eng Hen, Singapore’s defense minister, MV Swift Rescue will assist in the search and rescue operations for KRI Nanggala 402.
A medical team also embarked on the vessel.
“The site for search operations, near Bali, is more than 1,500 km away and waters are deep, which is why MV Swift Rescue sailed off as soon as she could,” Ng Eng Hen said.
Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 01:42 PM MYT
Personnel from the Republic of Singapore Navy cast off the lines for the MV Swift Rescue. Picture via Facebook/Ng Eng Hen
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SINGAPORE, April 22 The Singapore Navy dispatched a submarine rescue vessel yesterday afternoon to aid in the search for an Indonesian navy submarine which had gone missing with 53 people on board earlier that day.
Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in a Facebook post today that the Republic of Singapore Navy’s MV Swift Rescue submarine was dispatched “as fast as she could get ready” after Singapore’s Navy Chief, Rear-Admiral Aaron Beng, received a request for assistance from his Indonesian counterpart.