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The United States is joining a frantic international effort to locate a missing Indonesian navy submarine as oxygen supplies dwindle for the boat s 53 crew.
The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing in 2,300ft waters at 3am local time on Wednesday after diving to perform a torpedo test off the resort island of Bali.
Concern is mounting it may have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time, with oxygen set to run out by early Saturday morning.
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Indonesian authorities are leading a search for one of the country s navy submarines that went missing Wednesday with 53 people on board as it was conducting a torpedo drill.
Reuters reported that the sailors aboard the German-made submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, were preparing for a weapons training exercise in waters north of the Indonesian island of Bali.
The news agency noted that authorities began searching for the submarine after it failed to send back results from the military drill.
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Julius Widjojono, the first admiral of Indonesia’s navy, confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the submarine could not be reached starting at 3 a.m. local time Wednesday.