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Missing Indonesian submarine: rescuers find unidentified object as US joins search

2021-04-23 09:17:43       source:The Guardian

April 23, 2021


Indonesia’s president has ordered an all-out effort to find a missing submarine in a race against time to save the 53 crew, whose oxygen supply was only expected to last another 24 hours.


As the US military said on Thursday that it was joining the search, the Indonesian navy said its ships had found an unidentified object at a depth of 50-100 metres (165-330ft).


But hope was beginning to run out for the crew on board the KRI Nanggala-402, which went missing early on Wednesday during a torpedo drill.


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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/23/indonesian-submarine-missing-search-rescuers-unidentified-object-found-indonesia-navy-kri-nanggala-402