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China to help Indonesia salvage sunken submarine
AFP, JAKARTA
Chinese navy ships have arrived off Bali to help haul up a submarine that sank last month, killing 53 crew, the Indonesian Navy said yesterday, as it geared up for a deep-sea salvage operation.
The help arrived after other foreign ships from Australia, Singapore and Malaysia left the archipelago, having assisted Indonesian authorities in finding the stricken vessel.
The KRI Nanggala 402 one of five submarines in Indonesia’s fleet disappeared last month while it was scheduled to take part in live torpedo training exercises.
Families and colleagues of the sunken KRI Nanggala 402 submarine’s crew throw flowers and petals to pay tribute during a visit to the site of its last reported dive, on the deck of the Indonesian Navy’s KRI Dr. Soeharso, in the northern waters off Bali, Indonesia, on Friday.