Saturday, February 02, 2013

Problems in INS Vikramaditya fixed, sea trial to start in June

INS Vikramaditya |Engine problems which caused a delay in the delivery of the refitted aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya to the Indian navy have been fixed and the ship will sail for additional sea trials in the White Sea in June.

"All the problems with the boiler insulation have been fixed by Russian specialists with the use of Russian-made components," an official from Russia's Sevmash shipyard said.

The Vikramaditya was originally built as the Soviet Project 1143.4 class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov.

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