{"id":9270,"date":"2021-04-26T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T05:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9270"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:18:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T05:18:18","slug":"missing-submarine-found-all-53-crew-killed-says-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=9270","title":{"rendered":"Missing submarine found, all 53 crew killed, says Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Indonesia, 26 April — All 53 crew aboard an Indonesian submarine that disappeared last week were killed, the military said Sunday as it confirmed the vessel had been found in pieces on the seafloor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities said that they picked up signals early Sunday from a location more than 800m deep \u2013 far below what the KRI Nanggala 402\u2019s steel hull was built to withstand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had used an underwater submarine rescue vehicle supplied by neighbouring Singapore to get visual confirmation of the stricken vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was broken into three pieces,\u201d said Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More parts from the doomed submarine were also retrieved, including an anchor and fluorescent orange safety suits for emergencies, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery comes a day after the navy had first confirmed the retrieval of fragments from the submarine and declared that it had sunk, effectively ending any chance of finding survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the earlier items recovered were a piece of the torpedo system and a bottle of grease used to lubricate periscopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also found a prayer mat commonly used in Indonesia, the world\u2019s most populous Muslim-majority nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warships, planes and hundreds of military personnel had led a frantic search for the submarine since it disappeared this week during training exercises, hoping for a miracle rescue before its known oxygen reserves ran out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But on Sunday, Indonesian military head Hadi Tjahjanto said there was no chance of finding any of the crew alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWith deep sadness, I can say that all 53 personnel onboard have passed,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Joko Widodo described the sailors as Indonesia\u2019s \u201cbest patriots\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll Indonesians convey their deep sadness over this incident, especially to the families of the submarine crew,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have not given an explanation for the accident, but said that the submarine may have suffered a blackout that left its crew unable to resurface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They discounted an explosion, however, saying Saturday that the evidence suggested the submarine came apart as it was crushed by massive water pressure in the vast depths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSubmarine hulls are pressurised\u2026 but when they\u2019re breached then water would come flooding inside,\u201d said Wisnu Wardhana, a maritime expert at Indonesia\u2019s Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan you imagine if water with that kind of pressure hits people?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retired French vice-admiral Jean-Louis Vichot earlier told AFP that a submarine\u2019s hull could collapse \u201clike a folding accordion\u201d if it hits depths way beyond its limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salvage operation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any salvage operation would be risky and difficult, navy chief Margono said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll discuss it to make a decision on how to lift the submarine in this condition,\u201d he said Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to lift it, but how do we bring it up from (these depths)?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neighbouring Malaysia, as well as the US, India and Australia, were among the nations helping in the hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Search vessels, reconnaissance aircraft and submarine rescue ships had been deployed to scour a zone of about 34 sq km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The submarine \u2013 one of five in Indonesia\u2019s fleet \u2013 disappeared early Wednesday while it was scheduled to do live torpedo training exercises off Bali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew asked for permission to dive. It lost contact shortly after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, search teams spotted an oil spill where the vessel was thought to have submerged, pointing to possible fuel-tank damage, and a catastrophic accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The submarine \u2013 delivered to Indonesia in 1981 \u2013 was seaworthy, the military said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The model has been used by more than a dozen navies around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But investigators would look at the Indonesian submarine\u2019s age as a potential factor, analysts have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The disaster was among a string of fatal submarine accidents over the past few decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the worst was the 2000 sinking of the Kursk, the pride of Russia\u2019s Northern Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That submarine was on manoeuvres in the Barents Sea when it sank with the loss of all 118 aboard. An inquiry found a torpedo had exploded, detonating all the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of its crew died instantly but some survived for several days before suffocating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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