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. 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. Most of its 118 crew died instantly, but 23 men fled to a rear compartment before they later died, mainly of suffocation.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. In 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk suffered internal explosions and sank during manoeuvres in the Barents Sea. Submarine accidents are often disastrous. The navy has said an electrical failure could have left the submarine unable to execute emergency procedures to resurface. The cause of the disappearance is still uncertain. The vessel's collapse depth was estimated at 200 metres by a South Korean company that refitted the vessel between 20. However, the navy said it believes that the submarine sank to a depth of 600 to 700 metres, much deeper than its collapse depth, at which point water pressure would be greater than the hull could withstand. Margono said an unidentified object exhibiting high magnetism had been located at a depth of 50 to 100 metres and officials were holding out hope that it is the submarine. In this aerial photo, the Indonesian navy submarine KRI Alugoro is shown Thursday during a search for the KRI Nanggala 402. He asked Indonesians to pray for the crew's safe return, while ordering all-out efforts to locate the submarine. Indonesian President Joko Widodo cancelled a visit to Banyuwangi port, where some rescue ships left earlier, to prepare for a weekend regional summit in Jakarta, officials said. Rescuers made similar massive searches in the previous two days. Twenty-four Indonesian ships and a patrol plane were mobilized for the search Friday, focusing on the area where an oil slick was found after the submarine disappeared during an exercise. The German-built, diesel-powered KRI Nanggala 402 has been in service in Indonesia since 1981 and was carrying 49 crew members and three gunners as well as its commander, the Indonesian Defence Ministry said. Singaporean and Malaysian rescue ships were also expected in the coming days. "These two Australian ships will help expand the search area and extend the duration of the search effort," Australian Navy Rear Adm. Students and teachers at a school in Surabaya pray on Friday for the 53 crew members aboard the Indonesian navy submarine.
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