The Indonesian submarine that had gone missing earlier this week has been found broken, deep in the Bali Sea.
Indonesian army and navy officials also confirmed all 53 crew members on-board the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine have died.
“With deep sadness, I can say that all 53 personnel onboard have passed,” Indonesian military chief Hadi Tjahjanto said.
“We received underwater pictures that were confirmed as the parts of the submarine, including its rear vertical rudder, anchors, outer pressure body, embossed dive rudder and other parts,” he said during a press conference, adding the next step was to lift the wreckage of the vessel with the help of foreign navies.
The submarine — one of five in Indonesia’s fleet — disappeared last Wednesday while it was scheduled to do live torpedo training exercises off Bali.
The crew asked for permission to dive. It lost contact shortly after.
Later, search teams spotted an oil spill where the vessel was thought to have submerged, pointing to possible fuel-tank damage, and a catastrophic accident.
A number of countries, including Russia, the United States (US), Germany, France, India, Turkey and Australia, had offered assistance to Indonesia in the operation to find the submarine.
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