Banyuwangi, E Java – Several Indonesian warships moored at East Java’s Tanjungwangi Port and lowered the national flag to half-mast on Monday to honor 53 submariners who were on board KRI Nanggala – 402 when it sank near Bali.
The warships consisted of KRI Bontang, KRI Oswald Siahaan, KRI Rimau, KRI Bawean, KRI Rigel-933, which situated the missing submarine using a multi-beam sonar and magnometer.
Not just warships, but the Indonesian Navy’s Marine SAR command post for Nanggala-402 at Tanjungwangi Port in Banyuwangi district, East Java, and the Taftib marine battalion in Surabaya likewise raised the Red and White flag at half-mast.
Associated news: Maharani requests flags hoisted at half-mast honoring 53 submariners
Previously, in Jakarta, Legislature (DPR) speaker Puan Maharani had actually made an earnest demand to lawmakers to fly the nationwide flag at half-staff at their residences as a mark of respect for the 53 submariners who died on duty.
Maharani likewise purchased the hoisting of the national flag at half-staff at the parliament structure to honor the sailors who were on board KRI Nanggala-402 when itsank in the waters north of Bali Island on April 21, 2021.
Contact with the German-made submarine was lost while it was getting ready for a torpedo drill.
Indonesian Navy’s Chief of Personnel, Admiral Yudo Margono, validated that the submarine had sunk after numerous of its components were retrieved throughout the search objective.
” The elements (that have been discovered) are torpedo tube-straighteners, coolant pipelines cover, a bottle of periscope lubricating oil, prayer mats, and heat-retaining sponges,” Margono disclosed at a current press conference.
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