Alert Mumbai fire officer helps save 2nd submarine from disaster

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 21:34

A second submarine berthed near INS Sindhurakshak submarine was saved from a possible disaster thanks to an alert senior Mumbai Fire Brigade officer.

Can`t confirm sabotage: Navy Chief on INS Sindhurakshak tragedy

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 17:25

Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi expressed fear that all crew members on board may have perished in the fire that engulfed INS Sindhurakshak.

Can`t confirm sabotage: Navy Chief on INS Sindhura

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 17:25

Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi expressed fear that all crew members on board may have perished in the fire that engulfed INS Sindhurakshak.

INS Sindhurakshak: Indian Navy’s 2nd big tragedy after INS Khukri

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 14:58

It was early evening on December 9, 1971 when Indian frigate INS Khukri sank 40 nautical miles off the coast of Diu after being torpedoed by Pakistani submarine PNS Hangor.

Mumbai fire officer helped prevent another naval disaster

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 13:02

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.

INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: All crew members feared dead

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 11:29

An Indian Navy submarine, which underwent a major refit in Russia, was rocked by multiple explosions and engulfed in flames at a dockyard in Mumbai.

Destroyed by fire, INS Sindhurakshak’s fate uncertain

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 11:25

Although the Indian Navy is yet to come out with an official statement, the fate of INS Sindhurakshak, the Indian submarine that was damaged after fire broke out onboard early Wednesday, remains uncertain.

Antony confirms loss of lives in INS Sindhurakshak fire

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 10:25

Defence Minister AK Antony confirmed the deaths of Navy personnel in multiple explosions resulting in a major fire on board INS Sindhurakshak.

All about Indian submarine INS Sindhurakshak

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 09:38

INS Sindhurakshak, the Indian Navy submarine that was gutted by fire early Wednesday, is a Russian-made vessel commissioned in 1997.

Fire mishap on INS Sindhurakshak due to explosion in battery

Last Updated: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 12:16

The fire mishap on INS Sindhurakshak in Visakhapatnam that left a sailor dead and two others injured was caused by an explosion in its battery compartment, Navy officials said here on Saturday.