Mumbai/Karwar, Jun 11: Two persons — an Indian Navy personnel and a civilian — were killed following a gas leak on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya on Friday.
The Russian-made vessel is undergoing maintenance at the Kadamba Naval Base on Karwar coast of Karnataka.
The Western Naval Command (WNC), while confirming the incident, said that four persons — two sailors and two civilian workers — had to be evacuated following the gas leak and were taken to the Patanjali Hospital at the Naval base, where two of them succumbed to the gas that they had inhaled.
According to WNC officials, the incident took place around 5 pm when maintenance work was being undertaken at the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) compartment.
The deceased were identified as Shipwright Artificer Class 4 Rakesh Kumar from Bihar and Mohandas Kolambkar, an employee of M/s Royal Marine, who hailed from Amadalli in Karwar taluk.
“The next of kin of the deceased have been informed. The condition of the other two personnel is stable,” WNC officials said.
The Navy has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Action has been taken to render the compartment area on the ship safe. A case has been registered with the Karwar Rural Police Station. INS Vikramaditya is one of the two serving aircraft carriers of the Indian Navy – the other being INS Viraat.
She was commissioned on November 16, 2013, at a ceremony held at Severodvinsk, Russia. On June 14, 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inducted INS Vikramaditya into the Indian Navy and dedicated it to the nation.
This is the second accident involving the huge carrier. On June 5, 2014, a MiG 29K naval combat aircraft suffered damage while landing on the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya during operations in Arabian Sea, off the Goa coast.
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