Singapore's MV Swift Rescue arrives in Bali to aid search for Indonesia submarine

Republic of Singapore Navy personnel boarding the MV Swift Rescue on April 21,2021. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, April 25 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore's submarine rescue vessel, MV Swift Rescue, arrived in waters north of Indonesia's Bali island early on Sunday (April 25) to join an international search for a missing submarine, hours after the Indonesian authorities declared the vessel with 53 crew members on board had sunk.

"This tragedy has shocked us all," said President Joko Widodo in a broadcast statement on Sunday.