One sailor loses leg, two more hurt in blast on INS vessel
The Indian Navy has ordered an inquiry into the Wednesday explosion on board INS Nireekshak in which a sailor lost one of his limbs.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-04-20 19:48 GMT
New Delhi
A sailor lost his leg, while two others were injured in an oxygen cylinder explosion on board an INS vessel. Though the blast occurred on April 16 the Navy had remained tight lipped for reasons known to it alone.
The explosion took place while a bailout bottle used by divers in their helmet was being charged, a Navy official said. He said that such an incident has never happened in history of the Navy.
“The explosion happened while the crew was working on the deck of the ship,” he said. Three sailors were injured, including one seriously and his right leg has been amputated from just above the knee.
Two other sailors received splinter injuries in the stomach region and legs. They were admitted in Military Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram as the ship was on its way to Mumbai from Visakhapatnam.
The sailors were stated to be in a stable condition and have now been shifted to Mumbai.
FATALITIES ON INS:
- 2010: Three crew men on destroyer INS Mumbai were killed when an AK630 Close-in weapon system went off.
- August 2013: Blasts ripped through the torpedo compartment of the INS Sindhurakshak killing 18 personnel.
- February 2014: A fire broke out on INS Sindhuratna during trials in which two officers were killed.
- November 2014: A Torpedo Recovery Vessel sank off the Vizag coast which resulted in the death of one sailor.
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