Divers in India Try to Rescue Trapped Sailors After Navy Submarine Blast

[Vikrant]

NEW DELHI — Indian naval divers on Wednesday afternoon opened the main hatchway of a stricken, Russian-made Indian submarine that caught fire, blew up and sank at dock earlier in the day in one of the worst naval accidents in Indian history.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/world/asia/explosion-partly-sinks-indian-naval-submarine.html?_r=0

 

[Unkotare]

Terrible way to go. Reminds me of that Russian sub that went down a few years back. You gotta feel for those mariners waiting and knowing...

 

[Vikrant]

Indians have to gradually move away from importing Russian hardware. It is just not reliable. They have to build whatever they can and if they must import an item, they should buy it from the U.S. or other reliable suppliers. The condition of Indian submarine fleet is really dire. One fifth of the fleet is grounded and they are all Russian made.

 

[Vikrant]

Mumbai: As the "severely disfigured" bodies of six sailors were recovered on Friday from INS Sindhurakshak, which sank here Wednesday with 18 men, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin assured of full assistance to help Indian Navy in its investigation into the explosion on the submarine.

He told Russian news agency Ria Novosti that Russian specialists do not see any technical failure as the likely cause behind the incident.

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Sindhurakshak mishap: 6 charred bodies recovered, Russia to assist in probe