2 dead in a toxic gas leak onboard INS Vikramaditya

June 10, 2016 21:16

A sailor and a civilian worker killed in accident on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya undergoing a refit at Karwar.

The Indian Navy said that Shipwright Artificer Rakesh Kumar and Mohandas Kolambkar, an employee of M/s Royal Marine succumbed due to gas inhalation.

INS Vikramaditya is India's largest and most potent warship. The 45,000-ton modified Kiev class warship, which was Admiral Gorshkov in Russian Navy, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in November 2013.

More details are awaited.

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