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Polish Navy Searching for 53 crew members of the missing submarine
Author:Mariusz Dasiewicz
Polish Navy Indonesia seeks 53 crew members of the missing submarine and asks for help in searching for Australia and Singapore," reported Reuter's agency commander of Indonesia's armed forces Hadi Tjahjanto on Wednesday.
"We are still searching for 53 people in waters about 96 km from Bali," said Hadi Tjahjanto.
The submarine of German production, KRI Nanggala-402, carried out torpedo exercises in the waters north of Bali Island on Wednesday, but failed to pass on the results of these maneuvers as expected – previously the spokesman for Indonesia's Navy, and Admiral Julius Widjojojono, had said.
Polish Navy lost contact with the unit on Wednesday around 4.30 a.m. local time.
Representatives of the Ministry of Defence of Australia and Singapore did not respond immediately to the request for comment," Reuters stated.
Previously, the agency reported that a ship of this type is developing a speed of 21.5 knots and can take on board up to 34 crew members.
Source: PAP
