NEW DELHI: India has dispatched a deep submergence rescue vessel (DSRV) to help in the ongoing search and rescue operation for the Indonesian diesel-powered submarine that went missing with 53 sailors on board around the Bali Strait on Wednesday.
The Indian Navy’s DSRV, basically a mini-submarine that dives to “mate’’ with a “disabled’’ submarine to extricate sailors trapped deep underwater, was sent on board its “mother ship” Sabarmati from Vizag on Thursday morning.
The DSRV can locate a submarine in distress up to a 1,000-meter depth utilizing its state-of-the-art side scan sonar and a remotely-operated vehicle. After the disabled submarine is successfully located, another submodule of the system called the submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) can “mate” with the disabled submarine to rescue the trapped personnel up to a depth of around 650-metre. The SRV can also be used to provide emergency supplies to the submarine in distress.
Indonesia Submarine Missing: Search Team Finds Oil Spill Near Dive Location
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Australia, Singapore and India have responded to requests for assistance
The submarine can dive up to 250-500 meters below sea level
Aerial search teams looking for an Indonesia navy submarine found an oil patch near the estimated diving location of the vessel Thursday. The vessel, with 53 people on board, went missing Wednesday north of the island of Bali.
The search for the submarine and its crew continued Thursday as concerns were raised about the chances of a possible maritime disaster, Reuters reported. Neighboring countries, including Australia, Singapore and India, have responded to requests for assistance.
Oil spill observed at early diving position of KRI Nanggala-402: govt
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We have had good cooperation with Singapore and Australia in the search and handling of training accidents Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Ministry of Defence unveiled that oil spill at the sea was observed in the early diving position of KRI Nanggala-402 before going missing in the waters north of Bali Island on early Wednesday. An aerial surveillance by a helicopter at 7 a.m. recorded the oil spill around the early position of the submarine s dive, the ministry s secretary general stated in a press statement here on Wednesday evening.
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The Indian Navy on Thursday dispatched its Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) to help the Indonesian Navy in search and rescue operations for the Indonesian submarine, KRI Nanggala, with 53 sailors onboard, which went missing during a torpedo drill on Wednesday.
The DSRV is a special vessel that handles such tasks.
“On April 21, an alert was received by the Indian Navy through International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO), regarding the missing Indonesian submarine. The submarine was reportedly exercising in a location 25 miles north of Bali with a crew of 53 personnel,” the Indian Navy said.
Submarine rescue is required when a submarine is reported missing and special equipment is needed for underwater search to locate the disabled watercraft and rescue the personnel trapped inside.