Lost Indonesian sub found on ocean floor in three pieces
The Indonesian submarine that went missing Wednesday has been located at the bottom of the Java Sea, where it was found split into three pieces. All 53 passengers have been confirmed dead, the BBC reports.
Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono provided details of that discovery Sunday.
“The KRI Nanggala is divided into three parts, the hull of the ship, the stern of the ship, and the main parts are all separated, with the main part found cracked,” Margono told reporters.
Navy officials claim signals from the sub’s location — off the coast of Bali and at a depth of more than 2,600 feet — were received Sunday morning. A recovery unit from Singapore visually confirmed the KRI Nanggala’s fate.
The US, Australia, Malaysia and India had also joined in the search for the 1,395 ton sub, which lost radio contact during a torpedo drill.
The nearly 200-foot long vessel’s operators were last heard requesting clearance to make a practice dive. Conditions are such that survival for crew members isn’t possible, officials said. It’s not known what caused the sinking of the more than 40-year-old ship. It had been refitted in 2012.
