Hope to rescue the crew of the Indonesian submarine was dashed

Hope to rescue the crew aboard the KRI Nanggala 402 was dashed, after the ship’s oxygen reserves were thought to have been depleted this morning.
The Channel News Asia newspaper said that while hundreds of soldiers were urgently participating in the search for the submarine, Indonesian officials said that the amount of oxygen stored in the KRI Nanggala 402 was only 72 hours after the power failure. But that deadline has passed at dawn (April 24), but the rescue agencies have not been able to find the whereabouts of the ship and 53 sailors.

KRI Nanggala 402 submarine Therefore, the focus of current attention will be to salvage the ship’s wreck from the waters off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. Previously, the Chief of the Indonesian Navy Yudo Margono said on April 23 that the country’s rescue team discovered an object with “high magnetism” floating at a depth of 50 to 100 meters off the north coast. Bali island, near where submarine KRI Nanggala 402 was identified lost contact. They are preparing to deploy naval ships equipped with hydroacoustic systems to the area, to confirm whether this is an object from this submarine or not. After the KRI Nanggala 402 went missing, the navy of Singapore and Malaysia sent warships to join the search, while a series of other countries such as the US, Australia, Germany, France, Russia, India, Turkey Ky and South Korea also offered assistance. Information from the TNI military website said that the missing KRI Nanggala 402 submarine was built in Germany and put into service with the Indonesian navy since 1981. This ship has undergone a two-year refurbishment process. Korea and completed in 2012.