Chinese navy to help salvage Indonesian sub
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CHINESE navy ships have arrived off Bali to help recover a submarine that sank last month killing all 53 crew, the Indonesian Navy said yesterday as it geared up for a deep-sea salvage operation.
The help arrived after other ships from Australia, Singapore and Malaysia left the archipelago, having assisted Indonesian authorities in finding the stricken vessel.
The KRI Nanggala 402 — one of five submarines in Indonesia’s fleet — disappeared last month while it was scheduled to take part in live torpedo training exercises.
An underwater rescue vehicle supplied by neighboring Singapore gave visual confirmation that the German-built sub was lying on the sea floor more than 800 meters deep, broken in three parts, confirming there was no hope of survivors.
Two Chinese salvage ships were on standby in waters off Bali, while a third was expected to arrive later yesterday, the Indonesian Navy said, adding Chinese Navy officials in Bali were helping to examine data collected on the submarine.
All three salvage ships can dive up to 4,500 meters.
Indonesia’s Navy said China’s ambassador to the country had offered the help to Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.
“The offer was welcomed by the Indonesian government,” it said in a statement.
A vessel from Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas regulator task force SKK Migas, used for drilling operations, will also join the salvage. It has a crane with a capacity of 1,200 tons.
The military has yet to offer an official explanation for the sinking of the decades-old submarine.
The vessel was delivered to the Southeast Asian nation in 1981.
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