Indian Navy Ship Sinks off East Coast, 1 Dead, 4 Missing

A Indian torpedo recovery vessel sank off the coastal city of Visakhapatnam killing at least one person, the navy said on Friday, in the latest accident to raise concerns about the Asian power's aging fleet. Four other crew members are missing from the 28 personnel on board when the ship sank late on Thursday, a navy spokesman said. “The remaining 23 personnel were rescued by the search-and-rescue ships,” the spokesman said. The vessel was on an exercise to recover practice...

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