The TNI Commander Asks For Help From Singapore And Australia To Search For The KRI Nanggala That Is Missing In Bali Waters

JAKARTA - TNI Commander Marshal TNI Hadi Tjahjanto requested assistance from Singapore and Australia to search for the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine which lost contact in Bali waters.

"Yes, so far we have had cooperation, yes, searches and so on related to training accidents with Singapore and Australia have been carried out and communicated," said the TNI Commander, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, April 21.

Currently, Marshal Hadi continued, KRI Nanggala is still in search of Bali waters or 60 miles from Bali.

"The last communication was at 04.30. When we wanted to carry out the shooting, there was no communication," he said.

He put the number of the German-made submarine personnel at 53.

"Yes, 49 plus a commander of this ship, there are three of them from the arsenal. You want to shoot these missiles," said the TNI Commander.

Not only asking for help from Singapore and Australia, all Indonesian Navy ships that have underwater search capabilities are currently searching for the submarine.

The TNI Commander on a working visit to Bali with the National Police Chief, General Pol. Listyo Sigit Prabowo will visit the location which is the training ground.

"The plan is to go on board tomorrow morning to see the training for torpedo firing as well as attaching a brevet to the Police Chief," said Marshal Hadi.

The KRI Nanggala-402 is actually scheduled for a missile firing exercise in the Bali Sea which is planned for Thursday (22/4). This exercise will be witnessed by Tjahjanto and the Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff, Admiral Yudho Margono.

Technically, the KRI Nanggala-402 comes from the Type 209/1300 which was made by the Howaldtswerke shipyard in Kiel, West Germany in 1979, and entered active service in 1981.

The propulsion system of the KRI Nanggala-402 consists of a low-speed Siemens diesel-electric motor whose labor is directly channeled to the propeller at the stern.

The thrust strength is 5,000 shp (shaft horse power), while the electric batteries weighing about 25 percent of the gross weight of the ship store electric power. Four supercharged MTU diesel engines are responsible for supplying the ship's electric power.