Photos of the debris were presented at the press conference. The wreckage is located 1,500 metres (yards) to the south of the site where the submarine last dove off Bali's northern coast, Margono said. The navy plans to eventually lift the wreckage and recover the dead, although the depth of the water poses a significant challenge, he said. Margono said emergency survival suits that are normally kept in boxes were found floating underwater, apparently indicating the crew may have tried to put them on during the emergency. The navy previously said an electrical failure could have left the submarine unable to execute emergency procedures to resurface. The cause of the submarine's sinking remains uncertain. That's much deeper than the submarine's collapse depth of 200 metres (655 feet), at which point water pressure would be greater than the hull could withstand, according to earlier navy statements. "With this authentic evidence, we can declare that KRI Nanggala 402 has sunk and all the crew members are dead," Tjahjanto said.Īn underwater robot equipped with cameras documented the lost submarine lying in at least three pieces on the ocean floor at a depth of 838 metres (2,750 feet), said Adm. "We received underwater pictures that are confirmed as parts of the submarine, including its rear vertical rudder, anchors, outer pressure body, embossed dive rudder and other ship parts," military chief Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters in Bali on Sunday. Officials previously said the KRI Nanggala 402's oxygen supply would have run out early Saturday, three days after the vessel went missing off the resort island of Bali. The grim announcement comes a day after Indonesia said the submarine was considered sunk, not merely missing, but did not explicitly say whether the crew was dead. Margono said the navy also found one object floating in the depth of 50-100 meters that was magnetic, meaning it likely came from the sub.Indonesia's military on Sunday officially said all 53 crew members from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week are dead, and that search teams had located the vessel's wreckage on the ocean floor. The military suspects that an oil spill seen in aerial surveillance near the dive point came from the ship. Widjojono said the submarine has the capability to dive up to 500 meters below sea level, but authorities estimate it went 100-200 meters below that depth. Margono said the submarine had just fired two torpedoes – one with real ammunition and another with a practice warhead – as part of a training exercises. local time Wednesday before losing contact, authorities said. The submarine asked for permission to dive, or submerge, at 3 a.m. Two ships equipped with side-scan sonar, a tool used for mapping the seafloor, began searching the area Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense said, while a Rigel warship equipped with sophisticated sonar that can precisely detect the vessel’s position is en route from Jakarta, Indonesian Navy spokesman First Adm. Assets from Singapore and Malaysia are also en route to assist. Three submarines, five airplanes and 21 warships have been deployed to help search for the missing sub, Margono said. Yudo Margono, chief of staff of the Indonesian Navy, said at a news conference Thursday that the vessel has sufficient oxygen for all the submariners until Saturday at 3 a.m. Members of National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) prepare for a search mission for Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala at Benoa harbor in Bali on Wednesday.
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