Split into three parts, KRI Nanggala 402 was found at a depth of 838 meters

JAKARTA – Chief of Naval Staff (KSAL) Admiral TNI Yudo Margono said that KRI Nanggala 402 lost contact has been found in Balinese waters. Where the distance is 1,500 yards to the south from where the ship sank for the first time with a depth of 838 meters.

He said that the KRI Nanggala was divided into three parts. “There are parts of the KRI Nanggala. So there the KRI Nanggala was split into three parts which the TNI commander said earlier, “he concluded. Also read: This is the Advanced Alutsista Owned by a Number of Countries Helping the Search for KRI Nanggala 402

According to him, previously his party found items believed to belong to KRI Nanggala. Then, on Sunday, April 25, 2021 yesterday at 01.00 WITA, KRI Rigela, who was carrying out the Multibeam Echosounder on the underwater contact, hangs significantly around the datum position or when the KRI Nanggala sinks for the first time. The datum is known at a depth of 800 meters.

“Because the KRI Rigel equipment, whose ROP is only capable of 800, was handed over to MV Swift Rescue, which is assistance from Singapore, the contact was identified by MV Swift Rescue at 07.37 WITA this morning,” he said.

The Singapore submarine, he said, deployed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to follow up on the underwater contact provided by KRI Rigel. As a result, at 09.04 WITA, the ROV dispatched by Singapore got visual contact at the position of 07 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds South and 114 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East. “Namely, it is located from datum 1 where the sinking of KRI Nanggala is approximately 1,500 yards in the South at a depth of 838 meters. There are parts of KRI Nanggala,” he said.

As previously reported, KRI Nanggala 402 lost contact while carrying out a torpedo test in Balipada waters on Wednesday, April 17, 2021. When the incident occurred, KRI Nanggala was carrying 53 crew members.

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