The Indian Navy lent a helping hand to Indonesia on Thursday to help find the missing submarine KRI Nanggala – 402. This had gone missing 60 miles of the Bali coast on Wednesday having had 60 people on board.
Indian Navy pitched in by sending their Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) to help locate the lost submarine. This departed from Vishakapatnam which has a side-scan Sonar to locate the lost submarine whatever position it may be in. This submarine is also fitted with equipment that can provide immediate relief if at all the occupants are in distress.
This is not the first time that the Indian Navy has been playing Good Samaritan to neighbouring countries. They have been helping out under their Sagar missions in terms of providing rations medicines and so on. Similarly, Singapore and Malaysia have also sent out their vessels to help locate the submarine.
Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen in a statement said, “The Republic of Singapore Navy’s MV Swift Rescue – our submarine rescue vessel – was dispatched expeditiously…as fast as she could get ready after our navy chief received a request for assistance from his Indonesian counterpart.”
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