We WILL find you: Indonesian officer hunting for missing submarine looks at pictures of lost crew as search team hones in on radar contact with oxygen set to run out in just hours
Oxygen reserves on the missing KRI Nanggala will run out at 3am local time tomorrow, officials have said
Rescuers discovered an object with a high magnetism between 165ft and 300ft beneath the surface
The KRI Nanggala-402 submarine vanished in 2,300ft waters near Bali on Wednesday along with 53 sailors
Fears are growing amid a desperate search that the German-made vessel may have sunk too low to save
French navy vice admiral says if submarine went down below 2,296ft it would likely have broken up
Race against time to find missing submarine before crew runs out of air William Langley
With just hours to spare until the oxygen runs out aboard a missing submarine, Indonesia s navy on Friday dispatched two ships and several helicopters to scour the area where a strongly magnetic item was located underwater.
The United States was assisting in the increasingly desperate search for the vessel, which dropped off the map on Wednesday with 53 crew.
If the submarine was still intact, officials said it would have enough oxygen to last until just 3 p.m. ET on Friday.
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Things are looking increasingly desperate for an Indonesian submarine that’s gone missing in waters north of Bali.
KRI Nanggala-402, a 44-year-old submarine of the Indonesian Navy, was carrying out a torpedo drill some 82 kilometers (51 miles) off the coast of Bali in the early hours of Wednesday, April 21, but failed to report back, according to the Indonesian government.
“The legendary submarine lost contact shortly after requesting permission to launch the torpedo,” the government said
A search was launched just before 7 am, three hours after contact was lost. Australia, South Korea, the US, Germany, France, Russia, India, and Turkey have all offered to assist in the search for the submarine, while rescue ships from Singapore and Malaysia are expected to arrive in the area over the weekend, Associated Press reports.
The Straits Times
Indonesia s missing submarine: What you need to know
The Indonesian Cakra class submarine KRI Nanggala 402 setting out from the naval base in Surabaya on April 21, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
PublishedApr 22, 2021, 6:51 pm SGT
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