The United States is also sending aircraft to assist in the search for the missing submarine. “As always, we stand ready to assist our fellow mariners in the Indonesian Navy,” he said. Mark Hammond, of the Australian task force, added that his thoughts were with the submariners of KRI Nanggala, their families and the Indonesian people. “HMA Ships Ballarat and Sirius, both presently at sea on separate regional deployments, are making best speed for the search area,” Australia’s Defense Department said in a press release Friday. Two Australian warships have also joined the search. More ships with high-tech capabilities also joined the search efforts Friday, creating a search team consisting of 21 Indonesian warships, a submarine and additional vessels from Indonesia’s police and rescue department. “We are all having a big loss because of this,” he said, as he asked “for the prayers of all Indonesian people.”Īn Indonesian military officer places pictures of the missing crew at Ngurah Rai Military Air Base in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, on April 23. Indonesia military commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said in a statement that he was “deeply concerned” about the fate of the 53 crew members aboard the submarine. I can’t wait to see you back home and bring good news. “Please keep fighting and be strong love, I believe you can rise up to surface. The wife of crew member and First Sergeant Yoko Eki Setiawan posted a moving message of hope on Instagram, urging her husband to “please come home soon.” “Gunadi and all the crew should be found, at all costs. He implored the Navy not to end its search and said he was counting on updates from his son’s naval colleagues. “I simply said, Be careful,” Sunaryo said. He last met with his parents on March 29, when Gunadi said farewell before embarking on another sailing. Gunadi, who holds the rank of ordinary seaman, joined the Navy seven years ago and was later assigned to the submarine. The bottle of grease matched what the crew would use to lubricate the submarine’s periscope.Īn image of submariner Gunadi Fajar Rahmanto seen at his family's home. People who were on a previous mission on the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine confirmed that some of the debris belonged to the submarine, the navy chief of staff said. The debris was found floating at a location where the sea is 850 meters (930 yards) deep, he said, which would make a possible evacuation very “difficult.”Īuthorities said earlier the submarine could not survive at depths beyond 500 meters. 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. Six pieces of debris believed to be from the submarine were presented to journalists at the news conference.
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Yudo said an explosion was not believed to have occurred on the submarine but that heavy pressure on the vessel likely created a crack through which some items escaped. An Indonesian Navy patrol boat prepares to leave a naval base in Banyuwangi, East Java province, on Saturday, as the military continues search operations off the coast of Bali for the missing submarine.
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