![]() ![]() Rescue ships from Singapore and Malaysia are expected to arrive between Saturday and Monday. Neighboring countries are rushing to join the complex operation. Margono said the oil slick may have been caused by a crack in the submarine's tank after the vessel sank. A hydro-oceanographic survey ship equipped with underwater detection capabilities also was on its way to the site around the oil spills. Indonesia's military said Thursday that more than 20 navy ships, two submarines and five aircraft were searching an area where the submarine was last detected. Indonesian navy ships arrive at the naval base in Banyuwangi on April 22, 2021, to join in the search for a decades-old navy submarine that went missing off the coast of Bali with 53 crew aboard during regular exercises. In 2019, a fire broke out on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea research submersibles, killing 14 sailors. In November 2017, an Argentine submarine went missing with 44 crew members in the South Atlantic, almost a year before its wreckage was found at a depth of 2,625 feet. Owen said the submarine could be recovered from 1,640 feet without any damage but couldn't say if it would have imploded at a depth of more than 2,000 feet. He said a rescue submarine would make a waterproof connection to a disabled submarine with a so-called skirt fitted over the recue seat so that the hatch can be opened without the disabled submarine filling with water. Owen, a former submariner who developed an Australian submarine rescue system, said the Indonesian vessel was not fitted with a rescue seat around an escape hatch designed for underwater rescues. ![]() So they can survive at that depth, but not necessarily operate." "They can go deeper than that because they will have a safety margin built into the design, but the pumps and other systems that are associated with that may not have the capacity to operate. "Most rescue systems are really only rated to about 600 meters (1,969 feet)," he said. He said his company upgraded much of the 40-year-old Indonesian submarine's internal structures and systems but it lacks the latest information about the vessel.įrank Owen, secretary of the Submarine Institute of Australia, also said the submarine could be at too great a depth for a rescue team to operate. The navy believes the submarine sank to a depth of 2,000-2,300 feet - much deeper than its collapse depth estimated at 656 feet by a firm that refitted the vessel in 2009-2012.Īhn Guk-hyeon, an official from South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, said the submarine would collapse if it goes deeper than that level because of pressure. The Indonesian navy submarine KRI Nanggala-402 sails past during preparations for the anniversary of Indonesia's military, Septemin Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. He said rescuers found an unidentified object with high magnetism in the area and that officials hope it's the submarine. on Saturday, Indonesia's navy chief of staff, Adm. "Hopefully we can rescue them before the oxygen has run out" at 3 a.m. Officials reported an oil slick and the smell of diesel fuel near the starting position of its last dive, about 60 miles north of the resort island of Bali, though there has been no conclusive evidence that they are linked to the submarine. The diesel-powered KRI Nanggala 402 was participating in a training exercise Wednesday when it missed a scheduled reporting call. Authorities said oxygen in the submarine would run out by early Saturday. Jakarta, Indonesia - Indonesia's navy ships on Thursday were intensely searching for a submarine that likely fell too deep to retrieve, making survival chances for the 53 people on board slim.
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