Two Navy personnel were killed today when the heavy door of a helicopter hangar fell on them at the Southern Naval Command's base in Kochi, Navy sources said.
One of the sections of the sliding doors of the hangar at the Naval Air Station of INS Garuda, where helicopters are kept, fell on the two Navy personnel around 10 am, sources said.
"The sliding hangar door dislodged from its supporting rails above and fell on top of the two sailors who were passing by. Both the sailors were rushed in a critically injured state to the naval hospital, INHS Sanjivani, where despite best efforts of the doctors to resuscitate them, they succumbed to their injuries," the government said in a statement.
An investigation has been launched into the incident, it said.
Naveen was a resident of Bhiwani in Haryana; he joined the Navy in 2008, the statement said. He is survived by his wife and a two-year-old daughter.
Ajeet Singh was a resident of Bharatpur in Rajasthan and is survived by his wife and a five-year-old son, the government said. He joined the Navy in 2009.
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