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In Mega-Accident, Warship INS Betwa Flips Over, 2 Sailors Dead
All India | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: December 05, 2016 21:15 IST
The Betwa is an indigenous 3,850 ton ship armed with Uran anti-ship missiles and surface-to-air missiles
India's prized warship INS Betwa, a guided missile frigate, tipped over and crashed to its side while undocking in Mumbai on Monday, in what the navy described as an "unprecedented and sad" incident. Two sailors have died while 14 others have been rescued with minor injuries.
The 3,850-ton ship is lying on its side at the naval dockyard. It was docked for underwater repairs. Around 2 pm, while the ship was being returned to the water - a process that involves tipping it - the system snagged and the entire ship fell sideways. The main mast of the
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