Search In this photo posted by Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen, Navy personnel embark submarine rescue vessel MV Swift Rescue for a mission to help locate a missing Indonesian submarine on April 21, 2021. Neighbors Offer Help as Search for Missing Indonesian Submarine Continues BY :THE JAKARTA GLOBE APRIL 22, 2021
Jakarta. A number of countries have offered their assistance to the Indonesian Navy to locate its submarine that went missing during a combat exercise on Wednesday.
The Navy is racing against time to locate KRI Nanggala-402 submarine and learn the fate of its 53 crew members because the oxygen supply if the submarine remains intact will deplete in three days maximum.
He said rescuers found an unidentified object with high magnetism at a depth of 50 to 100 meters (165 to 330 feet) and that officials hope it’s the submarine.
The navy believes the submarine sank to a depth of 600-700 meters (2,000-2,300 feet), much deeper than its estimated collapse depth.
Ahn Guk-hyeon, an official from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, which refitted the vessel in 2009-2012, said the submarine would collapse if it goes deeper than around 200 meters (655 feet) because of pressure. He said his company upgraded much of the submarine’s internal structures and systems but lacks recent information about the vessel.
He said rescuers found an unidentified object with high magnetism in the area and that officials hope it’s the submarine.
The navy believes the submarine sank to a depth of 600-700 meters (2,000-2,300 feet) much deeper than its collapse depth estimated at 200 meters (656 feet) by a firm that refitted the vessel in 2009-2012.
Ahn Guk-hyeon, an official from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, said the submarine would collapse if it goes deeper than around 200 meters because of pressure. He said his company upgraded much of the Indonesian submarine’s internal structures and systems but it lacks latest information about the vessel.
Indian Navy pitches in to find missing Indonesian submarine
Indian Navy pitches in to find missing Indonesian submarine
The Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 went missing on Wednesday 60 miles off the coast of Bali with 53 people on board. File photo of Indian Navy’s Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV).
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Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 03:21 PM IST
The Indian Navy has pitched in the rescue mission to locate the missing Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402. The submarine went missing on Wednesday 60 miles off the coast of Bali with 53 people on board. Indian Navy has sent its Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel, which departed from Visakhapatnam to support the Indonesian Navy in Search & Rescue efforts for KRI Nanggala.
He said rescuers found an unidentified object with high magnetism at a depth of 50 to 100 meters (165 to 330 feet) and that officials hope it’s the submarine.
The navy believes the submarine sank to a depth of 600-700 meters (2,000-2,300 feet), much deeper than its estimated collapse depth.
Ahn Guk-hyeon, an official from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, which refitted the vessel in 2009-2012, said the submarine would collapse if it goes deeper than around 200 meters (655 feet) because of pressure. He said his company upgraded much of the submarine’s internal structures and systems but lacks recent information about the vessel.