Indonesian military admits all 53 crew of lost submarine are dead

Officials had also said the KRI Nanggala 402’s oxygen supply would have run out early on Saturday, three days after the vessel went missing off the resort island of Bali.

An Indonesian navy patrol ship sails to join the search for submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing while participating in a training exercise on Wednesday, off Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

Indonesia’s military has officially admitted there is no hope of finding survivors from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week with 53 crew members aboard.

Search teams have located the vessel’s wreckage on the ocean floor, it added.