Indonesia's Navy is searching for a missing submarine with 53 people on board that went missing during a military exercise on Wednesday and is seeking help from neighboring Australia and Singapore in the hunt, Indonesian authorities say. The Indonesian Ministry of Defense stated the KRI Nanggala-402, a German-made submarine, lost contact during a torpedo drill in the Bali Strait a stretch of water between the islands of Java and Bali that connects to the Indian Ocean and the Bali Sea.
The submarine asked for permission to dive, or submerge, at 3 a.m. local time (3 p.m. ET) before losing contact. 'After permission was given to dive according to the procedure, the submarine lost contact and could not be reached,' Indonesia's Defence Ministry said.
The navy asked help from other international locations with submarine rescue vessels and Australia, Singapore and India have replied, the ministry stated in a assertion.
The seek is currently being finished by using Indonesian warships ready with side-scan sonar, a device used for mapping the seafloor, in keeping with the Ministry of Defense.
The International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office (ISMERLO), an organization that enables an global response for distressed submarines, is likewise providing assistance, it stated.
Officials fear the vessel sank to the bottom of a trough with a depth of 2,300ft in the course of the torpedo military exercise.
The navy has deployed some of warships to look for the lacking group.
Military analyst Soleman Ponto stated it's far too early to decide the destiny of the submarine conclusively.
'We do not know but whether the communication equipments have been broken or the submarine has sunken. We need to look ahead to as a minimum three days,' he stated.
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