Oxygen Is Running Out on a Missing Submarine With 53 Crew on Board
KRI Nanggala-402 in 2014.
Photographer: Alex Widojo/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) -- The oxygen supply for the 53 crew members of an Indonesian submarine missing in waters off Bali is believed to have run out early Saturday with no sign of the vessel while the search resumed, bolstered by the arrival of a sonar-equipped Australian warship.
The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island, and concern is mounting it may have sunk too deep to reach or recover in time. The navy chief said the submarine was expected to run out of oxygen early Saturday morning.