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The Missing Indonesian Submarine Located With 53 Crew Members Dead
The vessel was conducting a torpedo drill in the Bali Strait.
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The Indonesian Navy submarine, the KRI Nanggala-402, which went missing during a Wednesday military exercise in the Bali sea, was found today (April 25, 2021) with all crew members presumed dead. In total, there were 53 people aboard.
Indonesian military chief Air Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto told reporters that rescue teams finally spotted the missing vessel earlier today.
"With this authentic proof, we can confirm that KRI Nanggala 402 has sunk and all of its 53 sailors have died on duty," Tjahjanto told a press conference. He continued by noting that it appears that the ship had cracked into at least three pieces.
Earlier in the week, Indonesia had reached out for help from its neighbors, Singapore and Australia, in hopes of finding and rescuing the sailors alive. As the hours ticked by, the United States and other countries joined in the frantic search, attempting to locate the vessel before the ship ran out of air