Oxygen, and Time, Are Running Out for Indonesian Submarine
Rescue ships from several countries are in a desperate hunt to find the submarine, which disappeared on Wednesday with 53 people aboard.
An Indonesian Navy ship sailing near what appear to be oil slicks during the search for the submarine KRI Nanggala-402.Credit...Eric Ireng/Associated Press
April 23, 2021Updated 3:33 p.m. ET
A steel-hulled submarine can hold only a certain amount of breathable air. It goes faster when 53 people are crammed into the tight space.
At some point early on Saturday morning, the life force for the sailors onboard the KRI Nanggala-402, an Indonesian Navy submarine that has been missing since Wednesday, could run out.