Time running out for missing Indonesian submarine as US joins search

A ship carrying members of the Royal Malaysian Navy departs to join the search mission of the missing Indonesia's submarine KRI Nanggala-402, in Kota Kinabalu

* Indonesian navy lost contact with submarine on Wednesday * Oil slick spotted on sea surface and magnetic object detected * Ships, aircraft from at least five other countries aid search * Distraught relatives cling to hope Rescue teams from several countries were battling against time on Friday to find a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea with 53 crew, which would be rapidly running out of oxygen if not already crushed by water pressure. Search helicopters and more navy ships left Bali and a naval base in Java at first light heading to the area where contact was lost with the 44-year-old KRI Nanggala-402 on Wednesday as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill. ‘The main priority is the safety of the 53 crew members,’ President Joko Widodo said late on Thursday.