Indonesia: A missing submarine crashes with 53 people on board

Heat Resistant Sponges, Prayer Rugs & Prescope Oils It is part of the remains that it could belong to A submarine missing in Indonesia with 53 people on board.

The objects are found near the island of Bali, Within a 16-kilometer radius from where the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Nangala, disappeared. According to journalist Amanda Hodge, the Indonesian Navy’s Chief of Staff, Udu Margono, noted that:

“With this authentic evidence that we believe comes from Nanggala, we have been advised to declare the drowning.”

The A submarine missing off the coast of Bali with 53 men on board The Indonesian Navy confirmed on Saturday that it had left the ship Little hope for the crew to survive, whose Reserves of oxygen They were exhausted.

• According to military sources: Scanner found the submarine at an altitude of 850 meters, Far beyond the limits of survival; The ship is designed to carry a depth of up to 500 meters

The Navy found many remnants of the submarine at sea, some of them from inside the submarine, which suggests Irreparable damage.

Hundreds of soldiers and about twenty ships were mobilized to locate the “KRI Nanggala 402”, a submarine dating back about forty years of German construction.

The Navy estimated that the Maximum oxygen supply Crew members were available in the event of a 72-hour blackout, the deadline that was met first thing on a Saturday morning, making their survival unlikely.

Based on the items we believe come from ‘KRI Nanggala 402’, we have changed the state of the submarine from ‘missing’ to ‘sunken’

Yudo Margono, spokesman for the Indonesian Navy, said at a news conference

He said that the remains “could not leave the submarine without external pressure or without damaging the torpedo launcher system.”

The Navy recovered several items, including part of the torpedo system and a bottle of grease used to lubricate the submarine scope. He also found a prayer rug used by Muslims.

The SubmarineOne of five owned by the Indonesian Navy, he dived early Wednesday morning during a planned military exercise in northern Iraq. Bali island. Contact with the submarine was lost shortly thereafter.

• The reason for the The submarine has disappeared It is still unknown

The submarine had sunk beyond its limits

Military authorities appreciate this The submarine may have sunk up to 850 meters, Which is much deeper than it was designed for. They gave no explanation as to what might happen or why the number of passengers was greater than the expected quarantine.

According to the experts, Oil leak The discovery in the area where it sank raises fears of a possible rupture of sediments, or even breakage of the submarine.

Retired French Vice Admiral Jean-Louis Fichotte, former commander of Strategic Nuclear Submarines (SNLE), said this fuel slick was a “bad sign”.

This diesel is in the warehouse, inside and out. If the structure breaks, the tanks break and the diesel rises to the surface. ”

Jean-Louis Fishotte

According to the Navy, the submarine, which was delivered to Indonesia in 1981, was in good condition for service.