Navy: Submarine has sunk

Heartbreaking discovery: A Navy personnel placing the debris believed to be from ‘KRI Nanggala-402’ submarine on display during a media conference at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali. — Reuters

The country’s navy said items were found from a missing submarine, indicating the vessel with 53 crew members had sunk and cracked open, and that there was no hope of finding survivors.

Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono yesterday said the exact location of the 44-year-old submarine was unknown but its presence had been detected and the search would continue.