Chief Engineer Dies After Fire Mishap Onboard INS Viraat
A Navy personnel is reported to have died and three others were injured when a fire broke out onboard INS Viraat on Sunday.
The incident took place when the aircraft carrier was on a routine deployment to Goa. The fire broke out in one of its boiler rooms after leakage of steam.
Chief Engineering Mechanic Ashu Singh was reportedly shifted to the naval hospital in Goa where he died after suffering a cardiac arrest. The other three sailors are under treatment and out of danger.
The incident comes on a day when Sea Harrier fighter jet flew off INS Viraat's deck for the very last time.
The aircraft carrier is now sailing back to Mumbai.
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