Sindhurakshak Disaster

INS Sindhurakshak - the Russian built diesel electric Kilo class submarine -- that blew up two years ago in Mumbai, may be put use again. Senior defence ministry officials told NDTV that the submarine is likely to be taken to sea, sunk and used as training platform for navy divers.

One of Indian Navy's most advanced non-nuclear submarines, INS Sindhurakshak, exploded and sank on Wednesday in Mumbai. Three officers and 15 sailors on board are feared dead in what is being described as Navy's worst disaster in over three decades. Navy chief Admiral DK Joshi admitted that safety mechanisms did not work on the fully-armed submari...

The alertness and presence of mind shown by a top Mumbai Fire Brigade officer probably helped avert a second major disaster in the naval dockyard where the INS Sindhurakshak submarine sank after an explosion occurred and was followed by a fire in Mumbai on Wednesday.

INS Sindhurakshak - the Russian built diesel electric Kilo class submarine -- that blew up two years ago in Mumbai, may be put use again. Senior defence ministry officials told NDTV that the submarine is likely to be taken to sea, sunk and used as training platform for navy divers.

One of Indian Navy's most advanced non-nuclear submarines, INS Sindhurakshak, exploded and sank on Wednesday in Mumbai. Three officers and 15 sailors on board are feared dead in what is being described as Navy's worst disaster in over three decades. Navy chief Admiral DK Joshi admitted that safety mechanisms did not work on the fully-armed submari...

The alertness and presence of mind shown by a top Mumbai Fire Brigade officer probably helped avert a second major disaster in the naval dockyard where the INS Sindhurakshak submarine sank after an explosion occurred and was followed by a fire in Mumbai on Wednesday.