The Indonesian military confirmed that search and rescue personnel found the wreckage of the submarine lost in the waters off Qali Island on the 21st, and detected the location of the submarine at a depth of 850 meters, which is deeper than the limit the submarine was originally designed to withstand.
Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Yudo (Yudo Margono) said they found the wreckage in the waters last notified before the submarine was lost.
Yudo pointed out that the submarine was detected at a depth of 850 meters, far beyond the limits of the ship’s hull, which was originally designed to withstand a depth of 500 meters for the missing submarine, which had been performing torpedo firing exercises.
Yudo told reporters, “Based on the reliable evidence we found from inside the submarine, we have now moved from the submarine missing to the stage of submarine sinking.”
A total of 53 people were on board the submarine on the day of the loss, including the commander of the Indonesian submarine fleet, Harry Setiawan, who was also on board. The Indonesian military said that the 53 people had little hope of survival as the oxygen supply ran out in the early hours of this morning.
The Indonesian Navy’s 44-year-old submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, was lost off Qali Island on the 21st while preparing for a torpedo test launch during an exercise, and hundreds of Indonesian soldiers have been searching for it. The submarine is a German-made Type 209.
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