Explosion sinks INS Sindhurakshak Submarine with 18 onboard.

[SarthakGanguly]

God bless your soul 'future_bound'.

I am very very happy. May all the sailors die a very painful death.

 

[China_Rising]

What does Kolkata class destroyers have to with Russia,and what does that have to do with INS Sindhurakshak??
Stop trolling.

Russia is supplying the warship-grade steel in addition to producing the line shafts, propellers, etc.

That's the relevance.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

I am very very happy. May all the 18 sailors die a very painful death inshaallah.

The Pakistanis are celebrating

How do we feel when trolls celebrate the death of our service men? Have a heart. They have families too.

 

[alibaz]

Don't quote and feed trolls just report to get them pink.

 

[Parul]

Explosion on Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak possibly due to gas buildup

The explosion on board the INS Sindhurakshak was possibly a result of the buildup of volatile hydrogen gas during a battery charging. Sources told India Today that the submarine had faced a similar explosion when she was docked in Visakhapatnam in February 2010 which killed one crew member.

The navy's Board of Inquiry in 2010 pinned the cause to a faulty battery valve that leaked hydrogen. The submarine was lightly manned at the time of the accident and later sent for a 2.5-year refit to Russia that year. It had returned to the naval dockyard on April 29 this year after the refit that cost approximately $80 million.

Conventional submarines like the Sindhurakshak are powered by a combination of diesel generators and electric batteries. The 2300-ton Sindhurakshak has 500 batteries. These have to be 'over charged' once every few months during which process each cell is manually checked. The presence of a large crew early in the morning points to a supervised battery overcharge.

"The Kilo-class submarines do not have automatic monitoring systems which mean the overcharging is manually supervised," says a former Kilo-class submarine skipper. The built-up hydrogen during a battery charging is sucked out by two blowers. The performance of these blowers can be affected if a proper vacuum is not maintained in the exhaust pathway. If the vacuum as well as the exhaust pathway is not maintained, hydrogen settles in small pockets which can be triggered off by any small spark like a falling utility tool.

Sindhurakshak is the ninth of a series of ten 'Sindhughosh' class submarines that were bought from the erstwhile Soviet Union beginning in 1985. India and China, with ten submarines each, are the world's largest operators of the Soviet-designed Kilo class submarines. Seven Indian Kilo-class submarines have been given mid-life refits in Russia. Refits of two other Kilo-class submarines, Sindhukirti and Sindhushastra, are underway at the naval dockyard in Vizag.


Read more at: Explosion on Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak possibly due to gas buildup : North, News - India Today

 

[killerx]

What a gift for us on 14th August.................... Great

dude seriously..............

 

[Rafi]

According to my information, sub is a right off, RIP to the young sailors who are on eternal patrol - all hands lost

 

[Shameel]

As a Pakistani:

Am I sad for the loss of human life? Yes

Am I sad that an Indian sub has sunk? No.

 

[future_bound]

Pity your sad mental state

What do you say about posters on bharat rakshak who use words like IED Mubarak everytime there is a bomb explosion in Pakistan??

Well Now it is our turn to celebrate

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Ah but it has not sunk completely - to be technically correct. It's not in the seas. So it is being recovered. Another bout of lengthy repairs and all.....

As a Pakistani:

Am I sad for the loss of human life? Yes

Am I sad that an Indian sub has sunk? No.

 

[SHAMK9]

This is a very sad news, hope all the sailors are fine

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

What do you say about posters on bharat rakshak who use words like IED Mubarak everytime there is a bomb explosion in Pakistan??

Well Now it is our turn to celebrate

Dont go on that forum; its a web-site containing nothing but hatred and racism. Two wrongs dont make a right brother.

Dont celebrate when people die, even when you call them your enemy. Its not in our culture to do that.

 

[Resident Evil]

What do you say about posters on bharat rakshak who use words like IED Mubarak everytime there is a bomb explosion in Pakistan??

Well Now it is our turn to celebrate

If the Submarine was sunk either by militants or insurgents then you had a right to celebrate.
But this was an accident.

BR members celebrate only militant/rebel attacks in Pakistan and not accidents.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

If person A is sick, does that mean you have to be too?

What do you say about posters on bharat rakshak who use words like IED Mubarak everytime there is a bomb explosion in Pakistan??

Well Now it is our turn to celebrate

 

[SHAMK9]

What do you say about posters on bharat rakshak who use words like IED Mubarak everytime there is a bomb explosion in Pakistan??

Well Now it is our turn to celebrate

Be the better person/human being, isn't that what Islam is about? stop cheering the deaths like they do, wont make us any better.