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- An Indian Navy officer has died while trying to combat fire onboard INS Vikramaditya when the ship was entering the harbour in Karwar in Karnataka.
- The fire was brought under control by the ship’s crew in a swift action preventing any serious damage affecting the ship’s combat capability. Further,a board of Inquiry has been ordered to investigate what caused the fire.
- INS Vikramaditya is an aircraft carrier in the Indian Navy fleet.It was commissioned into the Indian Navy In November 2013 from Russia.Its home base in India is at INS Kadamba in Karwar,Karnataka.
- INS Vikramaditya was formerly known as Admiral Gorshkov and was commissioned in 1987.The aircraft carrier served with the Soviet Navy and later with the Russian Navy before being decommissioned in 1996.
- The aircraft carrier is a tall and is 284mts long.It has a displacement of 40,000 tons and is the biggest and heaviest in the Indian Navy fleet.It has a total of 22 decks and can accommodate 1600 persons.The warship can also carry planes such as MiG-29K,Kamov-31 and Chetak helicopters.



