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One worker was killed and two others injured in an accident Saturday night at a site of an under- construction nuclear submarine at Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam of South India, news channel CNN-IBN reported.
The incident took place when the pressure of the hydraulic tank of the Arihant class submarine was being tested and the tank's lid fell on the workers of the shipbuilding center, local media said.
Police sources said 24-year-old Amar was killed on the spot while Amzad Khan and Vishnu were seriously injured and admitted to a private hospital in the city.
The under-construction nuclear submarine was a follow-up of the Navy's warship INS Arihant.
Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) chief Avinash Chander has ordered an inquiry into the accident, according to local media.
This accident comes just a day after a gas leak on an under- construction destroyer in Mumbai killed one Navy officer.
Two officers were killed Wednesday last week when submarine INS Sindhuratna caught fire when being tested at sea.
Navy chief Admiral D.K. Joshi resigned last week due to a spate of navy accidents in the last few months, including the blast that sank another submarine, INS Sindhurakshak, in August last year, killing all 18 sailors and officers on board.
