Indonesian Navy Says Missing Submarine Sunk, Crew Of 53 Dead
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Indonesian military officials changed the status of a missing submarine from sub miss to sub sank on Saturday. The ship had been missing since Wednesday when it began its dive for a training exercise off the coast of Bali.
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The search to rescue a missing Indonesian submarine is now a recovery mission after the navy changed the status from sub miss to sub sank and declared the ship sunk and the crew of 53 dead on Saturday.
The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing early Wednesday morning off the coast of Bali during a training exercise, and Indonesian military officials estimated the sailors would run out of oxygen early Saturday.