BADUNG - Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy (Kasal) Admiral TNI Yudo Margono dismissed the assumption that the KRI Nanggala-402 sank due to human error. Yudo cited natural factors as the cause of the sinking of the German-made submarine.
According to Yudo, all dive procedures have been carried out correctly. "I believe this (the sinking of the KRI Nanggala) is not due to human error but more from natural factors," said Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy (Kasal) Admiral TNI Yudo Margono during a press conference at the Base Ops Base Ngurah Rai, Badung, Bali, Sunday, 25 April.
"This ship was not due to human error. Because during the diving process it had gone through the correct procedure. So starting from the experience report, then it was heard from yesterday's tracker that it had carried out the roles, the role of preparation for combat ships, then the role of diving and so on," he explained.
In addition, Kasal said that when diving it was also known that the ship's lights were all still on. This means there is no blackout. However, when diving, contact from the boat was immediately lost and it would be investigated later.
He added that in 2012, the KRI Nanggala overhauled in Korea, after in Indonesia a level of improvement had been implemented. Both from intermediate maintenance to routine checks. He said, previously the KRI Nanggala had sailed and trained on April 12, 2021, carrying out torpedo firing exercises.
"So it has been stated that this ship is suitable for sailing and fighting, so we are projecting it to carry out training for firing the torpedo of the training head and the head of war," he said.
Previously, TNI Commander Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto said that 53 of the best soldiers who were in KRI Nanggala-402 had died while on assignment in northern Bali waters.
He said that the KRI Nanggala-402 was declared drowned and all of its crew had died, reinforced by the discovery of authentic evidence in the form of a submarine after an accurate scan was carried out.
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