Sonar technology revealed the sub sunk to 850 meters, far deeper than the collapse depth of 200 meters, at which point the pressure is so great that the vessel begins to split. “If it’s an explosion, it will be in pieces. The cracks happened gradually in some parts when it went down from 300 meters to 400 meters to 500 meters,” Yargono said.
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Several countries, including the United States, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and India, have been providing assistance to locate the submarine. The cause is still uncertain as the submarine lost contact during what should have been a routine torpedo drill. The navy is investigating exactly what happened that prevented crew members from calling out for help. “The Indonesian boat most likely went down through an internal problem, through flooding through a pipe that gives way or a battery explosion,” Norman Polmar, an American submarine historian, tells the New York Times.
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 24
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