# LCT Ayu 78 carrying mining equipment sunk/grounded, Aug 2019
**URL:** https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526
**Category:** Marine Incidents
**Created:** [August 27, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526 "2019-08-27T19:09:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@27182](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/27182)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/1 "2019-08-27T19:09:48Z")
Location and actual date unknown, found on reddit.
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### Author:  [@Chief\_Seadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Chief_Seadog)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/2 "2019-08-27T19:47:56Z")
I don’t think “grounded” really describes what is happening.
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### Author:  [@lemurian](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/lemurian)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/3 "2019-08-27T19:51:49Z")
They’re flying an Indonesian flag.
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### Author:  [@DamnYankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DamnYankee)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/4 "2019-08-27T20:33:43Z")
> [@Chief\_Seadog](#):
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> I don’t think “grounded” really describes what is happening.
Yeah it looks like they may have “grounded” after sinking. In which case I’m going to imagine the salvors will be praising their wafer thin under keel clearance.
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### Author:  [@27182](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/27182)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/5 "2019-08-27T20:40:48Z")
What would you call it?
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### Author:  [@Chief\_Seadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Chief_Seadog)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/6 "2019-08-27T20:51:34Z")
I think @DamnYankee described it well enough…It sunk in relatively shallow waters. In my simple mind grounding is when you are hard fast but the seas are below the man deck. If the seas are above the deck, it sank.
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### Author:  [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/7 "2019-08-27T20:53:37Z")
This looks like a typical Samarinda built and owned LCT.
She appears to have taken on an attitude of negative buoyancy.
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### Author:  [@27182](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/27182)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lct-ayu-78-carrying-mining-equipment-sunk-grounded-aug-2019/52526/8 "2019-08-28T13:30:31Z")
I found an update, or an update found me, rather. It’s Ayu 78 Here’s a few videos of the crew getting rescued. They’re all three pretty much the same, taken at about the same time.