Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala.
On Saturday, Indonesia's Navy changed the status of its missing submarine from sub-miss to sub-sank, as the Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff, Yudo Margono, presented debris believed to be from the vessel at a news conference.
Authorities now expect to carry out an evacuation process to recover the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine and its crew when they pinpoint its exact location. The latest update came as hopes faded for the 53 crew members, who were expected to have run out of oxygen early on Saturday. So far, no sign of them has been found, Yudo said.
Six pieces of debris believed to be from the submarine were presented to journalists at the news conference. The items were found about two miles from the spot where the submarine started to dive before it went missing, Yudo said, and included a bottle of grease, part of a torpedo launcher, part of a metal tube, prayer mats and fuel.
Nanggala was a German-built Type 209/1300 class submarine. The sub was conducting a torpedo drill when it went missing.
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| KRI Nanggala in the Java Sea 2015 (Wikipedia) |
We offer our sincerest condolences to Indonesia and the family and friends of the crew.
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