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| Smoke detected on Indian Navy |
| Smoke detected on Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast, two officers missing
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| INDIA
, 26-February-2014
2:53:14 AM |
| An Indian Navy submarine is headed back to the Mumbai shore after it was forced to surface when smoke was detected on board. Reports said two officers are missing. Four or five sailors who fell unconscious from suffocation have been airlifted to a Navy hospital in Mumbai.
The INS Sindhuratna was being sea tested after a refit, about 40 to 50 km off the Mumbai coast when the smoke was detected. The senior-most submarine officer of the Western Naval Command was on board.
The Russian-origin Kilo Class submarine was carrying no weapons or ammunition. Since it was still in testing mode, it had not been placed under operational command yet.
While the Indian Navy is yet to release an official statement on the mishap, sources in the Navy have reportedly told news agency PTI that a leakage in the battery compartment of the submarine could have caused the smoke.
This is the 10th mishap involving an Indian Navy warship and the third submarine accident in the last seven months.
In August last year, Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank in the Mumbai harbour after an explosion on board, killing 18 sailors
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