FILE PHOTO: An Indonesian Navy ship is seen at the Navy Base port, as the search continues for the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine, in Banyuwangi, East Java Province Indonesia, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (Reuters) -Rescue teams were battling against time on Friday to find a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea with 53 crew, which would be rapidly running out of oxygen if not already crushed by water pressure.
Search helicopters and more ships left Bali and a naval base in Java heading to the area where contact was lost with the 44-year-old KRI Nanggala-402 on Wednesday as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill, with the head of the Indonesian submarine fleet aboard.
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