At least five personnel of the Indian Navy were injured in a mishap involving kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna off the coast of Mumbai, reports said on Wednesday.

"The mishap occured on the submarine during a routine training exercise," navy PRO Rahul Sinha told.

Sinha added that the smoke on vessel has been brought under control and there has been no grave damage to the submarine.

"An inquiry has been ordered into submarine mishap," he said.

The sailors who became unconscious due to suffocation after heavy smoke engulfed the INS Sindhuratna were airlifted to a hospital, the PRO told .


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