In this aerial photo taken from a maritime patrol aircraft of 800 Air Squadron of the 2nd Air Wing of Naval Aviation Center (PUSPENERBAL), the Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Alugoro sails during a search for KRI Nanggala, another submarine that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday, in the waters off Bali Island, Indonesia, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Indonesia's navy ships on Thursday were intensely searching for the submarine that likely fell too deep to retrieve, making survival chances for all the crew on board slim. Authorities said oxygen in the submarine would run out by early Saturday.Eric Ireng/AP Photo
Jakarta (Indonesia), April 23 (AP): Indonesian navy ships were scouring the waters off Bali on Friday as they raced against time to find a submarine that disappeared two days ago and has less than a day's supply of oxygen left for its 53 crew.
The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island, and concern is mounting the submarine may have sunk too deep to reach or recover.
The navy chief said the submarine was expected to run out of oxygen by around 3 a.m. Saturday.
We will maximise the effort today, until the time limit tomorrow 3 a.m., military spokesperson Maj. Gen. Achmad Riad told reporters.
There have been no signs of life from the submarine, but the spokesperson refused to speculate on its fate.
A total of 24 navy and other ships and a patrol plane were being mobilized for Friday's search with a focus on the area where an oil slick was found after the submarine disappeared during an exercise. Rescuers made similar massive searches in the past two days.
