Indonesian Navy Declares the Submarine KRI Nanggala-402 Sunk. Rescue teams in Indonesia have stepped up their search for a submarine and its 53-person crew that went missing more than 24 hours ago, as experts expressed their concern about the consequences. China has sent three salvage ships to recover the remains of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 and her crew, two weeks after the ship sank. Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago nation with more than 17,000 islands, has faced growing challenges to its maritime claims in recent years, including numerous incidents involving Chinese vessels near the Natuna islands. Chinese Navy Joins Efforts to Salvage Lost Indonesian Submarine. The German-built, diesel-powered KRI Nanggala 402 has been in service in Indonesia since 1981 and was carrying 49 crew members and three gunners as well as its commander, the Indonesian Defense Ministry said. Indonesian President Joko Widodo had ordered all-out efforts to locate the submarine and asked Indonesians to pray for the crew’s safe return. Singaporean rescue ships had also been expected Saturday, while Malaysian rescue vessels were due to arrive Sunday to bolster the underwater hunt, officials said.įamily members had held out hopes for survivors, but there were no signs of life from the vessel. Officials previously said the submarine’s air supply would have run out early Saturday.Īn American reconnaissance plane, a P-8 Poseidon, arrived early Saturday and had been set to join the search, along with 20 Indonesian ships, a sonar-equipped Australian warship and four Indonesian aircraft. Margono said rescue teams from Indonesia and other countries would evaluate the findings. Margono said that in the past two days, searchers found parts of a torpedo straightener, a grease bottle believed to be used to oil the periscope, debris from prayer rugs and a broken piece from a coolant pipe that was refitted on the submarine in South Korea in 2012. Fishermen are prey as China conquers a strategic seaīeijing’s aggressive South China Sea expansion shows its willingness to defy international laws for President Xi Jinping’s visions of power.
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