Frantic search continues for Indonesian submarine with 53 aboard as air supply dwindles
Author: Edna Tarigan, Niniek Karmini, Associated Press
Updated: 3 hours ago
Published 3 hours ago
A National Search and Rescue Agency rescue ship sails to join the search for submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday, off Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, Friday, April 23, 2021. Rescuers continued an urgent search Friday for an Indonesian submarine that disappeared two days ago and has less than a day's supply of oxygen left for its crew. (AP Photo)
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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s navy scoured the waters off Bali on Friday, bolstered by the arrival of a sonar-equipped Australian warship with a helicopter, in an increasingly frantic search for a missing submarine with only hours left in its oxygen supply for its 53 crewmembers.