Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak gutted after explosion, 18 sailors feared trapped:
There has been a huge explosion and fire on board an Indian Navy submarine, INS Sindhurakshak, docked at a high-security military dockyard in Mumbai. About 18 sailors are feared trapped in the gutted vessel. Salvage operations are on. The explosion and fire aboard the INS Sindhurakshak has also damaged another submarine that was berthed next to the ill fated vessel at the Mumbai naval dockyard. The second submarine has now been identified as the INS Sindhuratna, reported Headlines Today.
The cause of the fire has not been officially revealed, but media channels quoting unnamed naval sources, have said that it is likely that the weapons aboard the fully loaded submarine detonated, causing the explosion.
