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An Indonesian navy ship works near what appears to be oil slicks during a search for submarine KRI Nanggala in the Bali Sea on Friday. Eric Ireng/AP
The U.S. is joining an international search for a missing Indonesian submarine which lost contact with base earlier this week. Authorities say KRI Nanggala 402, if still intact, has less than a day of oxygen to sustain its crew of 53.
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby announced on Twitter Thursday evening that at the request of Indonesia, the U.S. was sending airborne assets to assist in the search for the missing submarine.
Indonesia frantically searches for lost sub as air dwindles
Concern is mounting it may have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time.
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Indonesian Navy hospital ship KRI Dr. Soeharso sails during a search for submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday. [ ERIC IRENG | AP ]
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JAKARTA, Indonesia â Indonesiaâs 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.
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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Print article 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.
Indonesian navy detects object, narrows search area for missing submarine
Indonesian search teams believe they have identified an area where a missing naval submarine with 53 people on board could be located, as authorities warn oxygen on the vessel will run out within hours.
The area of interest is about 40 kilometers (approximately 25 miles) north of Bali, where oil had been spotted on the surface of the water near the dive point, and where an object likely to have come from the submarine was detected, according to Maj. Gen. Achmad Riad, the head of the military’s central information unit.
A naval vessel detected an object with “strong magnetic resonance” at a depth of 50 to 100 meters (164 to 328 feet), Riad told a news conference Friday, and the navy expects its warship, the Riguel, to reach the search area Friday.