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Indonesian Navy Says Missing Submarine Sunk, Crew Of 53 Dead

The sub went missing early Wednesday morning off the coast of Bali during a training exercise, and Indonesian military officials estimated the sailors would run out of oxygen early Saturday.
Indonesian military officials changed the status of a missing submarine from "sub miss" to "sub sank" on Saturday. The ship had been missing since Wednesday when it began its dive for a training exercise off the coast of Bali.

The search to rescue a missing Indonesian submarine is now a recovery mission after the navy changed the status from "sub miss" to "sub sank" and declared the ship sunk and the crew of 53 dead on

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