KSAL emphasizes sail finds, not a marine drone, but a marine glider

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Admiral TNI Yudo Margono, Chief of the Navy General Staff (KSAL), confirmed that the objects found by fishermen in the waters of Selayar, South Sulawesi, were not buzz according to.

Yudo Margono said the object was glider.

“I’ll say about the tool or glider that yesterday was found by fishermen in Najapahit Village, Selayar, from where I brought these findings to Hidrosal, because here is an institution that is competent to examine the existence of this equipment, “Yudo said in a press conference quoted by Compass TV, Monday (1/4/2021).

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Yudo explained, glider This was found by a fisherman who was fishing around 07:00 WITA on December 26, 2020.

After finding the object, the fisherman reported it to the Babinsa officer and then took it to the local Koramil.

Currently, Yudo said, the object is currently at the Navy’s Hydrographic and Oceanographic Center (Pushidrosal) for further investigation.

From a temporary examination, glider It has a frame of two wings of 50 centimeters each.

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Then for the length of the body that measures 225 centimeters. This glider also has a rear antenna with a length of 93 centimeters.

Yudo said, in the body seaglider said, there are instruments similar to a camera. Looking at the whole frame glider it is made of aluminum.

Since the mid-term review, Yudo confirmed that there were no written characteristics marking the country of manufacture.

“There are no characteristics of the country’s writing,” he said.

“So there is nothing written here. We are not designed, that what we found like this is still exactly what the fisherman found, we brought it here (Jakarta),” KSAL said.

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Earlier, a fisherman in the Regency of the South Selayar Islands in South Sulawesi found an object that was suspected to be an object. buzz according to.

This finding then created a scene to be discussed on social media.