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Indian sailors missing after fire on submarine off Mumbai | Indian sailors missing after fire on submarine off Mumbai |
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Two Indian navy sailors are missing and seven others are in hospital after they were overcome by smoke during a firefighting training exercise on board a diesel-powered submarine off the coast of Mumbai. | |
Navy spokesman Captain DK Sharma said a naval helicopter took the seven sailors to a navy hospital in Mumbai, but that two others remain unaccounted for. He said an inquiry has been ordered into the incident on Wednesday. | |
Sharma says the Russian-made submarine did not suffer any damage. | Sharma says the Russian-made submarine did not suffer any damage. |
Last August, another of the navy's Russian-built diesel-powered submarines, the INS Sindhurakshak, caught fire after an explosion and sank at its home port in Mumbai, killing all 18 sailors on board. |