NEW DELHI: A day after a Naval vessel sank off the Vishakhapatnam coast, a full scale search operation was underway to trace the four missing sailors, including an officer, and an inquiry has been set up to look into the cause of the mishap. One sailor, James Jacob, died in the accident that hit the Torpedo Recovery Vessel last night while 23 were rescued. Four personnel were still missing.
They include a Commanding-level officer, two divers and a crew member. The vessel had sunk at 8 PM last night while it was on a “routine” mission to recover dummy torpedoes fired by fleet ships during a “routine” exercise, the Navy said. In view of the accident, Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan, who is on a four-day visit to Seychelles till November 9, is cutting short his visit to reach Visakhapatnam.
