SEVERE ACCIDENT IN INDIAN NAVY

TWO INDIAN SAILORS MISSING, SOME INJURED IN INDIA NAVY ACCIDENT

Two sailors were missing and another seven were injured after smoke was detected aboard a submarine off Mumbai according to the report in the latest accident to hit the Indian force.

the seven sailors suffered smoke inhalation and were airlifted from the submarine for treatment. The submarine was on a routine training sortie off Mumbai’s coast when smoke was detected. Measures were taken to contain it. All the sailors are currently undergoing treatment under the supervision of a team of doctors but another two crew have not yet been found on the board the submarine which was now returning to port in Mumbai.

The incident comes after 18 naval crew were killed in August last year when the fully-armed Russian-built exploded in flames and sank in a military shipyard in Mumbai.

The disaster was thought to be the Indian Navy’s worst since the sinking of a frigate by a Pakistani submarine during a war with its neighbour in 1971.

The seven injured sailors fell unconscious after a leak in the submarine’s battery compartment during the training exercise near Mumbai harbor.

Last month another submarine armed and with a full crew rang aground while returning to Mumbai harbor. But there is No loss of life on damage fortunately.

The Indian navy has 14 submarines, but only between seven and nine are operational at any one time because of regular repair and refitting.

Russia is still the biggest military supplier to India, but relations have been strained by major delays and cost overruns with a refurbished aircraft carrier.