BANGKOK, Thailand
The disappearance since Wednesday of an Indonesian submarine off the resort island of Bali follows dozens of other disasters in the depths of the world’s seas.
Military secrecy limits public access to details of accidents that show how technological advances are still no match for dire risks at great depths. A search continued Friday for the KRI Nanggala 402, with less than a day’s supply of oxygen left for its 53 crew members, as concern mounted that the vessel may be stranded in waters too deep for rescue or recovery. That has happened in submarine disasters in the past.
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Oxygen reserves on the missing KRI Nanggala will run out at 3am local time tomorrow, officials have said
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1of3A 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.APShow MoreShow Less
2of3A member of Indonesian military officials sets the pictures of Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday, at a command at Ngurah Rai Airport, Bali, Indonesia on 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.Firdia Lisnawati/APShow MoreShow
2021/04/23 16:58 A National Search and Rescue Agency rescue ship sails to join the search for submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a trainin. 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) A member of Indonesian military officials sets the pictures of Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a train.
More than 50 sailors aboard a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea are feared dead as the vessel is believed to have run out of oxygen.
Rescue teams had been battling against time today to find the 44-year-old KRI Nanggala-402 which vanished on Wednesday as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill.
If the submarine was still intact, officials said it would only have enough air to last until around 3am Saturday morning - 8pm Friday BST.
Oxygen levesl aboard the 44-year-old German made KRI Nanggala-402 are believed to have ran out at 3am local time- 8PM BST