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Published on: Thursday, April 29, 2021
By: Tempo Indonesia
Wreckage from the missing Indonesian navy submarine KRI Nanggala on the seabed near Bali.
JAKARTA: Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff assistant Rear Admiral Muhammad Ali said that nature may have had a role in the sinking of the naval submarine KRI Nanggala 402 and mentioned underwater currents as a possible cause of the tragedy.
He asserted that underwater currents are extremely influential in a naval submarine’s submerging procedure which is why Navy submarine crewmen always follow established guidelines prior to a mission.
“There are what are called internal solitary waves that according to oceanographers are strong underwater vertical currents [that causes submarines to sink] at a faster rate than normal. This must be watched for,” said the navy officer.
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Xinhua | Updated: 2021-04-26 08:45 Share CLOSE An Indonesian Navy s ship is seen at the Tanjung Wangi port as the search continues for the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine in Banyuwangi, East Java Province Indonesia, on April 25, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
BANYUWANGI, Indonesia - Indonesia s military on Sunday officially acknowledged there was no hope of finding survivors from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week with 53 crew members aboard, and said search teams had located the vessel s wreckage on the ocean floor.
The Nanggala-402 was broken into three parts at the depth of 838 meters under the sea, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono said.
The Indonesian submarine KRI 402 Nanggala which had gone missing since Tuesday is believed to have sunk and its 53 crew members dead. The submarine disappeared