Arthur Greene
Izwe lase-Indonesia liphelelwa yisikhathi sokuthola nokutakula amalungu angama-53 emkhumbini ohamba ngaphansi kolwandle, onyamalale ezintatha ngoLwesithathu ekuseni.
I-Indonesian Navy ithe lo mkhumbi usalelwe ngaphansi kwezinsuku ezintathu ‘ukuthi uphelelwe i-oksijini’.
Indawo yokugcina obonakale kuwo lomkhumbi i-KRI Nanggala-402 cishe ibe yi-100km enyakatho, ngasogwini lwesiqhingi sase-Indonesia, i-Bali lapho ocwile khona ngo-3.46 ekuseni (GMT).
Ngo-4 ekuseni umkhumbi ucele imvume yokwenza i-torpedo drill.
Kodwa ukuxhumana kwaphazamiseka okwaholela ekutheni i-Indonesian Navy imemezele ukuthi umkhumbi ulahlekile.
Abatakuli base-Australia nase-Singapore baluphendulile ucingo lwasolwandle lokucelwa kosizo, njengoba imikhumbi yezempi eyisithupha kanye nendiza enophephela emhlane benza umsebenzi omkhulu wokusesha nokutakula.
“Siyayazi le ndawo futhi ijule impela,” kusho u-Admiral Julius Widjojono etshela abezindaba ze-AFP.
Ngehora lesishiyagalombili ekuseni ngoLwesithathu kubonakale uwoyela usale endaweni lapho umkhumbi ucwile khona, okuyinto itilosi ethe ingakhombisa ukulimala kukaphethiloli noma ingaba uphawu losizo lwabasebenzi.
Kodwa i-navy ithi ayinakuqiniseka ukuthi uphethiloli uvela emkhunjini olahlekile.
Lo mkhumbi wakhiwa ngowe-1970, futhi ungomunye wemihlanu owawusetshenziswa yi-Indonesia. Okhulumela imikhumbi utshele i-BBC ukuthi kungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi i-Indonesia ilahlekelwe ngomunye wemikhumbi yayo ehamba ngaphansi kolwandle.
Ngowe-2017, umkhumbi wase-Argentina waduka eningizimu ye-Atlantic unabasebenzi abangama-44 ababegibele. Izicucu zawo zatholakala ngemuva konyaka futhi izikhulu zathi umkhumbi waqhuma.
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