Seconds Of The Discovery Of The KRI Nanggala-402 Which Has Been Split In Three Parts

BADUNG - The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy, Admiral TNI Yudo Margono, explained that the condition of the KRI Nanggala-402 which sank in the waters north of Bali Island at a depth of 838 meters below sea level was split into three parts. How was the process of finding the KRI Nanggala-402?

"KRI Nanggala-402 was split into three parts, the TNI commander said, during a press conference at the Air Force Base Ops Base I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali, Sunday, April 25.

The three parts are split, namely the part that is detached from the main body of the submarine, the main body of the ship, and the back of the ship which is not compressed.

"This hull is not too bright (visually). Well, this is what was said earlier, this is the rear which is not a compressive body. This is horizontal rudder, this is vertical rudder. This is the hull, the stern of the ship," he said, explaining the parts of the ship. parts of ships that were detected by Indonesian and Singaporean ships, Sunday morning.

On the same occasion, the TNI Commander, TNI Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, at the start of the press conference, also said that the search team had succeeded in detecting several parts of the ship, including the rear vertical rudder, anchors, the diving rudder appeared, the crew safety clothes of the MK11 type.

The detection results were obtained after KRI Rigel-933 searched the northern waters of Bali using a sonar multibeam echo sounder (MBES) detection tool at 01.00 WITA, Sunday, April 25.

"On this day, Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01.00 WITA, KRI Rigel, which was carrying out a multibeam echosounder search, carried out significant underwater contact around the datum position or (position) the sinking of KRI Nanggala at a depth of 838 meters," he said. Margono, during a press conference.

In this search, the underwater detection tool (ROV) operated by KRI Rigel-933 was only able to detect up to a maximum depth of 800 meters. Therefore, the detection results were submitted and continued by the Singapore-owned ship, MV Swift Rescue.

"Then, the contact was identified at 07.37 WITA this morning. MV Swift Rescue sent the ROV to follow up on the underwater contact that was given by KRI Rigel," he said.

"At 09.04 WITA, the Singapore ROV got visual contact at the position of 07 degrees 48 minutes 56 seconds south latitude, 114 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds east longitude, that is to be precise from datum one where the sinking of KRI Nanggala was 1,500 yards to the south at a depth of 838 meters. , "said Margono, explaining the position of the process before the parts of the ship were found by the search team.

KRI Nanggala-402 had lost contact on Wednesday morning 21 April and was set to drown on Saturday 24 April.

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