Seconds Of KRI Nanggala-402 Disappeared In Bali Waters, Last Communication When Launching Torpedo 8

JAKARTA - KRI Nanggala-402 was reported missing contact Wednesday, April 21 in northern Bali waters. The Indonesian Navy has deployed 5 KRI (Warship of the Republic of Indonesia) and 1 helicopter in the search for the ship and its 53 crew members.

The Head of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Achmad Riad, told the chronology of the early disappearance of Nanggala-402. It is known that the ship with type 209/1300 made in West Germany lost contact about 60 miles north of Bali waters.

"At 03.46 WIT, KRI Nanggala carried out a dive. Then at 04.00 WIT, it carried out the inundation of the number 8 torpedo launcher. So it was not a missile", said Head of the Indonesian Navy's Information Service Achmad Riad at Indonesian Air Force Base I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali, Thursday, April 22.

Achmad Riad added that when it launched torpedo number 8, this was the last communication that took place. The explanation was that at 4:25 a.m. the Commander of the Training Task Force would authorize the torpedo firing.

"That's where communication with KRI Nanggala was cut off", explained Achmad Riad.