Indonesia pays respects to crew members killed in submarine disaster

National Search and Rescue Agency personnel help relatives of Captain Gede Kartika, one of the junior officers of Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala that sank on April 21, to carry offerings to the sea during a prayer in Celukan Bawang, Bali (Al Rizki/AP)

Indonesia’s military and family members paid their last respects to the 53 submarine crew members who died when their vessel sank and broke apart in the depths off the resort island of Bali.

The ceremony included relatives casting flowers into the ocean from the navy’s hospital ship.