All personnel aboard sunken submarine feared dead: Indian Navy

The Indian Navy said on Friday there were no likely survivors on the INS Sindhurakshak submarine which exploded,caught fire and sank in Mumbai early on Wednesday with 18 personnel on board.

"The state of ...(the three recovered bodies) and conditions within the submarine leads to the firm conclusion that finding any surviving personnel within the submarine is unlikely," the Indian Navy said in a statement.

"The damage and destruction within the submarine around the control room area indicates that the feasibility of locating bodies of personnel in the forward part of the submarine is also very remote as the explosion and very high temperatures, which melted steel within, would have incinerated the bodies too," the statement added.

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