INDONESIAN NAVY SUB REPORTED MISSING

An Indonesian navy submarine conducting a training exercise with 53 people aboard was reported missing Wednesday. Hadi Tjahjanto, commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, told Reuters that contact had been lost with the vessel early Wednesday, and that warships were searching waters about 60 miles north of Bali, an Indonesian island. Rescuers found an oil spill while searching for the vessel, the news agency reported, but have not located the submarine itself. The first admiral of Indonesia’s navy, Julius Widjojono, confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the submarine could not be reached. Reuters reported that Indonesian officials had asked on Australia, India and Singapore for assistance in the search for the KRI Nanggala-402, a German-made vessel.