Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi has resigned after a submarine catastrophe off the shore of Mumbai this day.
The Defence Ministry has trendy his resignation. Vice Admiral RK Dhowan will officiate till a add-on chief is appointed.
This day, seven sailors were wounded and two officers are missing after the industrial accident concerning the ship Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhuratna. The submarine is headed then to the shore after it was forced to surface once smoke was detected a propos board.
The slighted sailors, who fell unconscious from suffocation, were airlifted to a Navy hospital in Mumbai. Reports recommend that a blaze may have uncharacteristic out on the vessel.
The INS Sindhuratna was monster sea tested after a refit, approximately 40 to 50 km off the Mumbai coast gone than the smoke was detected. The senior-most submarine overseer of the Western Naval Command was upon board.
The Russian-stock Kilo Class submarine was carrying no weapons or ammunition. Since it was nevertheless in investigation mode, it had not been placed out cold operating command yet.
This is the 10th impinge on involving an Indian Navy warship and the third submarine mishap in the last seven months.
This is the 10th impinge on involving an Indian Navy warship and the third submarine mishap in the last seven months.
In August last year, Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak sank in the Mumbai harbour after an explosion upon board, killing 18 sailors.
Earlier this month, an amphibious stroke vessel INS Airavat ran aground after which its commanding commissioner was stripped of his command duties.
