As INS Brahmaputra 'keels over',Shekhar Gupta&Snehesh Philip look at worrying rate of Navy accidents

#cuttheclutter #india #navy
The INS Brahmaputra, a guided missile frigate of the Indian Navy known as the 'Raging Rhino', nearly keeled over at Mumbai's Naval Dockyard after a fire broke out on board during its refit on Sunday. In Episode 1488 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta and Deputy Editor Snehesh Alex Philip look at the record of Navy vessel accidents through the years and discuss why the loss of capital assets and the rate of frequent Navy accidents is worrying.
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[shantanu_d]

Snehesh is how one should approach journalism. With knowledge backing one's views.
Well done team Print.

[samg]

Indian Navy #indiannavy should release the incident report. Let it be debated and people know about happened. Unless you acknowledge you can make corrections. Fire some of the incompetent people in charge. It's shameful to say the least. Maybe it's a reflection of overall safety culture in India

[amolk]

"minds are landlocked" .... Good one Shekhar 👍

[pikeman]

The Indian Navy needs a cultural change. The Navy has made a habit of losing ships inside the port. The Admirals are always finding ways and means to add more admirals on top. They spend their time on frivolous activities like designing new uniforms and chasing more and more perks and allowances.

[rajendrababu]

The vessel listing is due to negligence at the top level. When water is pumped in for fire fighting, other fluids onboard should have been moved to maintain stability. Negligence at top level or lack of knowledge and experience 😢

[jaykumar_khot]

Problem is number of navy accidents happen at docks.... things can go wrong on sea while on missions but incidents happening at docks is shameful.

[manjulashanmugasundaram]

Your UPSC aspirant audience might even have known about this already. However, for ordinary people like me, this so, so illuminating, educative and I don't know what to say.

[muktimane]

Incident is So bad … agree with this chalta hai attitude in India in everything

[xcel]

This incident is an eyeopener. The nation doesn't want excuses; what we demand is the truth . If India can't even maintain its equipment in peace time how does it expect to fight a war . Do we have to outsource the manufacture of such critical infrastructure to other countries and then boast about GDP and industrial might . Maybe make in India is called for in this sector too .

[yaqootmir]

FYI our Neighabour to the west has 7 submarines and 11 cutting edge frigates with a record of 2 accidents in 20 years of existing inventory of ships. With 30% of the budget too so hats off to them. And like our navy the Pakistani navy ventures to as far as Turkey !

[brijeshkumaryadav]

Sir, If you have compared indian coastguard accidents with navy, It would have shed some light. I think coastguard is maintainig relatively much newer vessels. Thereby less accidents.

[CosmicValkyrie]

And some indians are dreaming about being a superpower.

[SuchitaDhawan-vu]

Unfair comparisons break my heart. It's like comparing a college athlete with potential to a seasoned veteran. Mistakes, timings, and achievements will differ, so drawing parallels is unfair.

In 200 years, US Navy has lost many platforms. Give us 130 more years, and let's compare then.

This isn't about competence or leadership.
From relief and aid missions to our neighbours,
Anti piracy operations, curbing the houthi Rebels, conducting daring rescue operations and keeping our waters safe and maintaining harmony in the region, all of this is in the last 7 months alone.

Accidents happen, and no one in the Indian Navy wanted this mishap. Now, they should focus on recovery and getting back on track.

[GururajBN]

If the fire accident occurred in dockyard, why should the commanding officer be court marshalled? It is the dockyard incharge who should be held responsible. Does not seem either sensible or fair.

[srmadduri]

I am surprised you didn’t mention the word Sabotage!

[MrPharu]

This indicates many things :
Inadequate training
Inadequate monitoring or supervision
Ships requiring more maintenance than usual as quote old.
Inadequate safety policies
Demote people held responsible

[PriyankaGupta-gv]

This is really a very serious matter...

[vsdktbkm]

Basic Naval Architecture. GM = Meta Centric Height (Distance between Vertical Center of Gravity "G" and the Meta Center "M"). Location of M above the center of buoyancy (B) is determined by the moment of the inertia of water plane and the buoyancy of the vessel at that instant. GM needs to be greater than zero to prevent capsize. Anything that floats meets this criterion.

[indushree]

This experience has opened my eyes. The truth is what the country demands; we don't want any excuses. India cannot hope to wage a war if it cannot even maintain its weaponry during peacetime. Do we really need to rely on other nations to produce such vital infrastructure while bragging about our GDP and industrial prowess? Perhaps this industry needs more "made in India" products.

[getevennow]

Operation ‘Bottoms Up’ ! Cheers ! Has the Fleet Admiral not been arrested ?