Sergeant Ede Pandu, KRI Nanggala-402 Crew Just 2 Months Married, Father In-Law: I'm Confident Pandu Will Go Home, Safely!

Yayak Dwi Ernawati, family (in-laws) of the woman shows a photo of Sergeant Ede Pandu Yudha Kusuma (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - One of the crews of the Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala-402, Sergeant Ede Pandu Yudha Kusuma, is known to have just passed the moment of his marriage to Mega Dian Pratiwi (23), 2 months ago.

This was revealed by Yayak Dwi Ernawati (46), the Mother-in-law of Sergeant Pandu, when met in Banyuwangi, East Java, Thursday, April 22 evening.

"After getting married, about three days later we immediately went to Surabaya, and on Monday, April 14, we contacted us to say that we would take part in military training," said Yayak Dwi at her residence, Krajan Hamlet, Ketapang Village, Kalipuro District, Banyuwangi, as quoted by Antara.

Yayak still believes that her son-in-law, Sergeant Pandu, will return and go home safely. "I really believe Pandu will return safely," said Yayak.

Yayak admitted that she received information on the loss of contact with the Nanggala-402 submarine, which also included Sergeant Pandu after breaking the fast on Wednesday, April 21. The information was received from her friends.

"Indeed, until now we have not received complete information from Banyuwangi Naval Base, the plan is that tonight or tomorrow we will go there (Naval Base)," he said.

The submarine KRI Nanggala-402 has reportedly lost contact since Wednesday morning in the waters north of the Bali Sea. The National Army has deployed five KRI and one helicopter to conduct search operations with a force of more than 400 personnel in the search process.