<div>Confirming worst fears, Indian Navy today said two of its officers, who had gone missing after a mishap onboard submarine INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast yesterday, were died.<div><br /></div><div>The bodies of Lieutenant Commander Kapish Munwal and Lieutenant Manoranjan Kumar were located in a compartment in the vessel, which has returned to the harbour.<br /><br /></div><div>"The two officers who were earlier declared missing have been located in the compartment and after examination by medical officers, both the officers were declared dead," a brief message from the Navy said.<br /><br /></div><div>The Russian-made INS Sindhuratha was at sea on a routine training and work-up (inspection) in the early hours of yesterday when smoke was reported in the sailors' quarters, in compartment number three, according to the Navy.<br /><br />Smoke had engulfed the Kilo Class submarine and the seven affected sailors had to be airlifted to a hospital in Mumbai, while Munwal and Kumar could not be traced.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the tenth mishap involving an Indian Navy warship and the third in case of a submarine in the last seven months, including INS Sindhurakshak which sank in August after multiple explosions at the Naval Dockyard here, killing 18 personnel on board.<br /><br /></div><div>The string of accidents involving Naval vessels had yesterday led to the resignation of Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi, who quit owning moral responsibility.<br /><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, the Navy has instituted a high-level inquiry by a Rear Admiral-rank officer into the accidents involving submarines, including INS Sindhuratna.<br /><br /></div><div>"A high-level inquiry headed by an officer of Rear Admiral-rank has been constituted and has immediately commenced its proceedings to establish the cause of all (submarine) incidents and to recommend steps for continuing safe operations of submarines," a statement by the Western Naval Command said. </div></div>
<div>Confirming worst fears, Indian Navy today said two of its officers, who had gone missing after a mishap onboard submarine INS Sindhuratna off Mumbai coast yesterday, were died.<div><br /></div><div>The bodies of Lieutenant Commander Kapish Munwal and Lieutenant Manoranjan Kumar were located in a compartment in the vessel, which has returned to the harbour.<br /><br /></div><div>"The two officers who were earlier declared missing have been located in the compartment and after examination by medical officers, both the officers were declared dead," a brief message from the Navy said.<br /><br /></div><div>The Russian-made INS Sindhuratha was at sea on a routine training and work-up (inspection) in the early hours of yesterday when smoke was reported in the sailors' quarters, in compartment number three, according to the Navy.<br /><br />Smoke had engulfed the Kilo Class submarine and the seven affected sailors had to be airlifted to a hospital in Mumbai, while Munwal and Kumar could not be traced.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the tenth mishap involving an Indian Navy warship and the third in case of a submarine in the last seven months, including INS Sindhurakshak which sank in August after multiple explosions at the Naval Dockyard here, killing 18 personnel on board.<br /><br /></div><div>The string of accidents involving Naval vessels had yesterday led to the resignation of Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi, who quit owning moral responsibility.<br /><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, the Navy has instituted a high-level inquiry by a Rear Admiral-rank officer into the accidents involving submarines, including INS Sindhuratna.<br /><br /></div><div>"A high-level inquiry headed by an officer of Rear Admiral-rank has been constituted and has immediately commenced its proceedings to establish the cause of all (submarine) incidents and to recommend steps for continuing safe operations of submarines," a statement by the Western Naval Command said. </div></div>