Strong underwater wave may have caused Indonesian sub to sink: Navy

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'If we are hit by an internal wave (coming from above), that would be nature we are up against. No one can fight nature,' a former submariner said.

Two senior naval officers said the movement of a strong internal wave in the spot where the submarine was reported missing was on the image report of Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 as well as a European one.

The commander of the Navy Staff and Command School explained that there is a seawater density difference between the Lombok Strait and the much deeper waters in the north of Bali, where the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine was found. Rear-Admiral Muhammad Ali, the planning and budget assistant to Indonesia's navy chief, said such weather phenomenon will be taken into account in future operations and the navy will encourage further research into it.

Indonesian navy spokesman Julius Widjojono had earlier said contact with the submarine had likely been lost at 600m to 700m underwater, while by design, the vessel could withstand a depth of up to 500m. Singapore's MV Swift rescue vessel on Tuesday helped in salvage efforts, Rear-Adm Ali said. Torpedo missiles the submarine was carrying, each weighing about 2 tonnes, were also located.

 

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