Another Indian Submarine in trouble

[Parul]

Two officers onboard the INS Sindhuratna off the Mumbai coast are missing after mishap, search operations on to locate missing crew

I'm watching NDTV, but they ain't reporting about missing crew/personnel. They're reporting that people were safely evacuated.

 

[SRP]

I'm watching NDTV, but they ain't reporting about missing crew/personnel. They're reporting that people were safely evacuated.

No it is being reported by PTI and timesnow in twitter. Let me put the link here.

https://twitter.com/x/status/438571287544221696

https://twitter.com/x/status/438568728171520000

By Nitin Gokhle(journalist)

https://twitter.com/x/status/438567191730876416

 

[SRP]

Two sailors missing, five injured after fire on INS Sindhuratna

Two Indian Navy personnel are unaccounted for and seven sailors were injured on Wednesday in a mishap involving the kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna off the coast of Mumbai, reports said.

This is the tenth accident involving an Indian Navy warship and the third submarine mishap in the last seven months.

"The mishap occurred on the submarine during a routine training exercise," navy PRO Rahul Sinha told CNN-IBN.

There was a leakage in the battery compartment of the submarine during the exercise which resulted in a fire.

Sinha said the fire on vessel was immediately brought under control adding there has been no grave damage to the submarine.
The navy personnel who became unconscious were airlifted to the naval hospital INS Ashwini in Mumbai.
"An inquiry has been ordered into the submarine mishap," he said.

Sinha said the cause of the fire can be ascertained only after a complete inquiry.

According to PTI, a senior naval officer of the submarine wing was present on the Sindhuratna when the incident took place.

A kilo-class is the Nato reporting name for a naval diesel-electric submarine that is made in Russia. The boats are mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations in relatively shallow waters.

The navy is grappling with an accident-prone tag — seven accidents have been reported since the INS Sindhurakshak blew up and sank at a Mumbai harbour last August, killing all 18 men on board.

Read: Navy may have itself to blame for series of recent accidents

Around a month ago, INS Sindhughosh had a close shave when it entered the Mumbai harbour during a low-tide phase and was about to run aground.

Earlier this month, INS Airavat, an amphibious warfare vessel, ran aground after which the commanding officer was stripped of his command duties.

After the sinking of the INS Sindhurakshak, one of the mishaps involved INS Betwa which was damaged after probably hitting some underwater object.

India's leading minesweeper, the INS Konkan that was undergoing repairs in Vizag, caught fire and suffered major damage to its interiors. The Pondicherry-class minesweeper was getting a refit at a dry dock when the incident occurred.

INS Sindhurakshak, the 2,300-tonne fully-armed boat sank at a Mumbai harbour on August 14, 2013, barely seven months after it was overhauled at the Zvezdochka shipyard, part of the Unified Shipbuilding Corporation.

The upgrade was carried out at a cost of more than Rs. 815 crore.

The Russian-origin warship is still nose-down in water, with the navy recently awarding a Rs. 240-crore contract to a US firm for salvaging the warship.

The Russian shipyard that upgraded the submarine under a 2010 contract had claimed it had installed advanced weapons and systems to enhance the boat's combat capability.

The mid-life upgrade on the warship - the ninth in a series of 10 kilo-class undersea killers bought from Russia - was intended to increase the life of the vessel by at least 10 years.

The submarine underwent an overhaul there for nearly 18 months. A modern Club-S missile system was installed on the submarine along with more than 10 foreign and Indian systems. The

Russian shipyard has modernised five conventional Indian Navy submarines since 1997.

Two sailors missing, five injured after fire on INS Sindhuratna - Hindustan Times

 

[Aarush]

Explosion on board INS Sindhuratna, two officers feared dead, 7 sailors injured.

Explosion on board INS Sindhuratna, two officers feared dead, 7 sailors injured | The Indian Express


sad incident....from last year accidents increased.....did our navy all of sudden become so irresponsible in maintenance or some issue with Russian systems. May all should fine.

if it is issue with our navy than God only knows what would happen in case of nuclear submarine.

 

[SRP]

Two officers feared dead. One is a LT and another one is LT commander

 

[ExtraOdinary]

Explosion on board INS Sindhuratna, two officers feared dead, 7 sailors injured.

Explosion on board INS Sindhuratna, two officers feared dead, 7 sailors injured | The Indian Express


sad incident....from last year accidents increased.....did our navy all of sudden become so irresponsible in maintenance or some issue with Russian systems. May all should fine.

That lazy old fart of a defence minister has put on hold/delayed all sub acquisitions, bloody red tapism. He is more worried about his "clean image". As a result these junks which should have been retired by now are getting MLU's.

 

[Aarush]

That lazy old fart of a defence minister has put on hold/delayed all sub acquisitions, bloody red tapism. He is more worried about his "clean image". As a result these junks which should have been retired by now are getting MLU's.

We have to self reliant on building submarine also in large number like we are trying to achieve in case of tejas...mig was flying coffins for IAF and now submarines for navy.

 

[cirr]

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[Superboy]

Where are the Scorpenes when you need them? I thought the deal was signed in 2005.

 

[Aarush]

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wait for investigation if it issue with navy then it is bad and responsible persons should be punished.

 

[ExtraOdinary]

Now where are the Scorpenes when you need them? I thought the deal was signed in 2005.

wait for a decade more, one or two will be in service (hopefully). and by that time they will be outdated. Incredible India

We have to self reliant on building submarine also in large number like we are trying to achieve in case of tejas...mig was flying coffins for IAF and now submarines for navy.

It's not a question of self reliance (it is important I agree) but more of speeding up the defence purchase so our men are'nt forced to fly and sail in metal coffins

 

[spectribution]

Do explain how its he who delayed the project.

RFP for P 75I takes 5 yrs to be issued? He works at snail pace.

 

[spectribution]

Bloody funny business. Nuclear sub programme moving well. 1 sub inducted, 1 ready, 1 to be launched, 2 being built and 1 to be leased. Conventional sub 5 subs being built, 1 to be launched.

In India everyhting happens opposite.

 

[vivINDIAN]

The submarine fleet is in tatters, and no one is bothered

actually I AM
but what can i do.....

 

[kurup]

Rest in Peace Navy officers .