Published on: Wednesday, May 05, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kota Kinabalu: The Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) submarine rescue ship MV Mega Bakti has safely returned to RMN’s operations jetty in Teluk Sepanggar, here, after participating in the search and rescue (SAR) operation of the KRI Nanggala 402 in the waters of Bali, Indonesia.
According to the Public Relations Division of the Submarine Command Headquarters here, the submarine rescue ship arrived at about 9am Tuesday.
The 54-member crew SAR team comprising 10 Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) medical officers and personnel and 44 MV Mega Bakti crew and headed by Komander Mohd Hairul Fahmy Yob was in good condition and would undergo the prescribed landing procedures, it said.
Sunday, 25 Apr 2021 05:09 PM MYT
Royal Malaysian Navy’s MV Mega Bakti arrived in Bali waters on April 25, 2021 to participate in the search operation for the Indonesian Navy’s submarine that had been missing since last Wednesday. Picture via Twitter/Bernama
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JAKARTA, April 25 The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) submarine rescue ship MV Mega Bakti arrived in Bali waters today, to participate in the search operation for the Indonesian Navy’s (TNI) submarine that had been missing since last Wednesday.
RMN attaché in Indonesia, Commander Nor Izam Baharudin, who is currently in Bali and acting as the mission coordinator with the TNI, said MV Mega Bakti arrived at 11am today (Western Indonesia Time) and the ship’s crew was briefed by the TNI before starting the search operation.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has deployed the Royal Malaysia Navy (RMN) submarine rescue ship MV Mega Bakti to assist in the search and rescue of Indonesian Navy submarine Kri Nanggala which has been missing since Wednesday (April 21).
Contact with the Type 209 submarine with 53 crew on board was lost in waters off Bali on Wednesday morning.
In a statement, the Malaysian Armed Forces said tDefence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob contacted his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto to inform him that MV Mega Bakti was deployed at 7am on Thursday (April 22) to join in the operation.
MV Mega Bakti is a RMN charter vessel with a primary capability to perform search and rescue operations for submarines.
RMN deploys ship to help search for missing Indonesian sub
April 22, 2021
MV Mega Bakti
KUALA LUMPUR – MV Mega Bakti, a submarine rescue ship of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), was deployed this morning to assist in the search for a missing Indonesian submarine, KRI Nanggala, which lost contact while conducting training in the waters off the north of Bali yesterday.
The Ministry of Defence (Mindef), in a statement today, said MV Mega Bakti set off from the Submarine Command Headquarters operations jetty in Teluk Sepanggar, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and is expected to reach its location at 3 pm on April 25.
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Thursday, 22 Apr 2021 05:20 PM MYT
Members of the Royal Malaysian Navy and crew prepare to board a ship to join the search mission of the missing Indonesia’s submarine KRI Nanggala-402, in Kota Kinabalu, April 22, 2021. Royal Malaysian Navy handout pic via Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 MV Mega Bakti, a submarine rescue ship of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), was deployed this morning to assist in the search for a missing Indonesian submarine, KRI Nanggala, which lost contact while conducting training in the waters off the north of Bali yesterday.