RI to conduct underwater research

RI to conduct underwater research

JAKARTA: A group of experts from Indonesia, Japan, Germany and
France will conduct pioneering underwater research in the
country's waters in October, the team's coordinator, Sidik
Mulyono, said on Tuesday.

"So far there has not been any such research carried out in
the deep waters off Indonesia," he said.

Sidik, a researcher from the Agency for the Assessment and
Application of Technology (BPPT), said the research would be
carried out in the Java Sea, in waters off southern Lampung, the
Sunda Straits and southwestern Java.

The expedition is expected to reveal many deep sea mysteries,
he said.

Sidik added that the researchers, comprising four Indonesians,
four Japanese, three Germans and one Frenchman, will board a
submarine capable of diving to a depth of 6,500 meters. -- Antara