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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Aircraft carrier construction to resume soon

Vikrant class aircraft carrier |Construction of the indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) is likely to resume soon at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) here, one year after it was floated out, on completion of a significant portion of the outer structure.

The vessel will be brought back to the building dock of the CSL early next month for completing the remaining part of the first phase of the project like fitting of gear boxes and diesel alternators, official sources told TOI here.

There were problems with the reduction gear box supplied by the Gujarat-based Elecon Engineering.

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