08 March 2014

News Story: Yet another (Indian) Navy ship mishap, one commander dies


NEW DELHI (PTI): Indian Navy was hit by yet another mishap on Friday with gas leakage taking place on a ship in Mazagaon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, leading to the death of a Commander-rank officer and hospitalisation of some others.

INS Kolkata-class destroyer ship Yard-701, being built by the MDL, suffered malfunction in its Carbon Dioxide unit while undergoing machinery trials, leading to gas leakage, sources said.

One Navy commander died and some others were taken ill and hospitalised in Friday's incident.

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