The wreck of the Indonesian submarine that disappeared in recent days off the coast of Bali with 53 people on board has been traced. This was announced by the head of the Armed Forces of Jakarta, Hadi Tjahjanto, after yesterday some debris of KRI Nanggala 402 was recovered. “We can confirm that the submarine it sank and all 53 sailors on board died in service, “said Tjahjanto. KRI Nanggala was engaged in military exercises off Bali when contact was lost last Wednesday.
The Indonesian submarine had disappeared from radar on Wednesday 100 kilometers north of Bali and was spotted this morning by an underwater rescue vehicle sent from Singapore. No survivors, as feared, among the 53 crew members who were aboard the German-made KRI Nanggala 402 supplied to the Jakarta navy, which sank for reasons yet to be clarified while engaged in an exercise. The submarine was broken into three sections at a depth of 850 meters.
“With deep sadness I can say that all 53 personnel on board are dead,” Indonesian army commander Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters during a press conference with Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono, who told reporters. given the details of the find. “The KRI Nanggala is divided into three parts, the hull, the stern and the main parts are all separate. The main part is cracked,” he said showing pictures of the wreck. It was perhaps a failure of the electrical system that prevented the resurfacing maneuvers, but what is certain is that once it fell beyond the 300-400 meters depth it was able to withstand, the water pressure ripped it open.
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Hundreds of soldiers and twenty boats were mobilized to locate the KRI Nanggala 402, a 40-year-old German-built submarine. The Navy had estimated the maximum oxygen reserves available to crew members in the event of a power outage at 72 hours and this deadline was passed early Saturday morning.
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“Based on what we believe comes from KRI Nanggala, we changed the status of the submarine from ‘missing’ to ‘sunk’, Indonesian Navy spokesperson Yudo Margono said at a lecture. The debris found ‘could not have exited the submarine. with no external pressure or damage to its torpedo launcher system. ”The Navy had recovered several items including a piece of the torpedo system and a bottle of grease used to lubricate the submarine’s periscope. It also found a prayer mat, used by the Muslims.
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The submarine, one of five available to the Indonesian navy, submerged at dawn on Wednesday during planned military exercises north of the island of Bali. Contact was immediately lost. Military authorities did not make any assumptions about what might have happened or why he had more people on board than prescribed. An oil slick detected in the area where it dived is another indication of a possible tank rupture. This type of submarine is made to withstand pressures up to 300 or 400 meters deep. Their shell can break under increased pressure.
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The Navy previously stated that the submarine, delivered to Indonesia in 1981, was in good condition for service despite its age. The Southeast Asian archipelago has no submarine rescue capabilities and has called foreign marines. The United States sent airborne troops as two Australian Navy ships arrived in the area. Reinforcements arrived from India and Malaysia and, a Singaporean submarine rescue ship, the MV Swift Rescue.
The archipelago of Southeast Asia has never suffered serious accidents related to its submarines, but many other countries have been affected by fatal accidents. In 2000, the nuclear-powered submarine Kursk, the flagship of the Russian Northern Fleet, sank while maneuvering in the Barents Sea (north-western Russia), killing 118 crew members. In 2017, the Argentine submarine San Juan, with 44 sailors on board, disappeared some 400 kilometers from the coast.
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