Australia offers to help in search for missing submarine
Australia has offered to help search for an Indonesian submarine lost with 53 sailors on board.
The vessel has not been seen or heard from since Wednesday, when it was participating in a training exercise north of Bali.
Indonesia has sought help from Australia and Singapore.
“This is very distressing,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday.
“The Australian Defence Force will work with defence operations in Indonesia to determine what we may be able to do.
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“We will go to the support of our neighbour in any way we can.”
The submarine was conducting a torpedo drill when it missed a scheduled reporting call.
It is believed to have disappeared in waters about 95 kilometres north of Bali.
The submarine was carrying 49 crew members, its commander and three gunners.
The vessel lost contact after being granted clearance to dive and could have sunk to a depth of between 600 and 700 metres.
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