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.
