Helicopter hangar door collapses in Kochi, 2 Indian Navy personnel killed
News | December 27, 2018 13:21 ISTHelicopter hangar door collapses in Kochi, 2 Indian Navy personnel killed
Helicopter hangar door collapses in Kochi, 2 Indian Navy personnel killed
Adm. Lanba's visit to Russia comes around a week after the two countries signed a USD 500 million deal for construction of two missile frigates in Goa for the Indian Navy.
Under the deal, Russia will provide design, technology and some materials to GSL for construction of the ships in India.
The IAF chief asserted that it is important to work in coordination so that the country wins any war in future in the "shortest possible" time.
Looking at the security situation in Indo-Pacific region, India has been in need of these formidable anti-submarine hunter helicopters for more than a decade now.
With induction of the deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV), India has joined a select group of countries that have the capability to locate and rescue "distressed submarines".
In response to Indonesia's appeal for international aid, the Prime Minister offered to Widodo all possible assistance from India as a maritime neighbour and as a friend of Indonesia.
The Chetak CH422 crashed while carrying out dry winching dual sortie. The chopper has suffered damage to main and tail rotors according to the initial probe.
The Navy requires 12 minesweeper ships, but at present has only two, Rear Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan, Assistant Chief of Material, Indian Navy, said.
Watch how Indian Navy rescued Abhilash Tomy from the jaws of death.
The naval sailor-cum-sportsperson participating in the GGR-2018, was caught in a huge storm on Friday, 5,020 km from Cape Comorin, India and 3,500 km from Perth, Australia, in the Indian Ocean.
Commander and Golden Globe Race (GGR) skipper Abhilash Tomy has been rescued.He is in conscious state and has been shifted to the French Fishing Vessel Osiris.
Tomy, representing India in the Golden Globe Race 2018 (GGR) on an indigenously built sailing vessel 'Thuriya', was dismasted and suffered a back injury on Friday.
Officer Tomy was taking part in the race on an indigenously built 'Thuriya' and suffered a back injury on Friday after a massive wave wrecked the boat.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), which is considered to be the ministry’s highest decision-making body on procurement.
Floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have claimed 210 lives in Kerala since August 8 and displaced over 7.14 lakh people from their homes. Vice Admiral Luthra said the rescue operations in Kerala started about two weeks ago and were gradually stepped up as the rains intensified.
Thousands of people, including women, children and college students are tediously working at various centres across the state free of cost to gather essential materials, including food, medicines, cloths to send to relief camps.
Nikesh Rastogi, 43, is the captain of the offshore supply vessel Malaviya Twenty which has been held at a port in Great Yarmouth, in the East Anglia region of England, since July 2016 after its Indian owners declared bankruptcy.
The boat had 14 fishermen aboard out of which 3 died when hit by the merchantship, the ship fled the scene after incident. Southern Naval Command searching for 9 missing individuals.
Prior to RIMPAC 2018, INS Sahyadri also participated in the 22nd edition of MALABAR 18 exercise in the south-western Pacific region between June 7 and 16.
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