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Two Indian naval officers were found dead yesterday, after they went missing in a submarine fire off Mumbai’s coast, the latest in a string of accidents that have forced the navy’s chief to quit.
Seven other crew members were airlifted to hospital with breathing problems after smoke began to fill the vessel’s living quarters on Wednesday, an accident that comes only six months after another deadly submarine disaster in Mumbai.
“The two officers who were earlier declared missing have been located in the (submarine) compartment and after examination by Medical Officers both the officers were declared dead,” said a statement from the defense ministry.
Admiral DK Joshi, the chief of naval staff, announced Wednesday night he was standing down to take “moral responsibility” for the accident on board the Russian-built INS Sindhuratna during exercises.
Last August, 18 sailors were killed when the fully-armed submarine INS Sindhurakshak exploded in flames and sank in a military shipyard in Mumbai.
Various other naval accidents reported in recent months included a submarine running aground in Mumbai’s harbor, fires on a minesweeping vessel and an aircraft carrier and a collision between a frigate and a fishing boat.
India has 14 submarines, but fewer than nine are operational at any one time.
While a full inquiry is expected to determine the exact cause of the latest accident, the navy said it appeared to have been due to sparks in a sleeping cabin.
The seven sailors overcome by smoke were yesterday in a stable condition at a Mumbai hospital, said a navy spokesman.
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