An investigation group of the destroyer launch accident got down to a full-scale investigation into the serious accident occurred at the Chongjin Shipyard.
The accident investigation group includes a public prosecutors organ and relevant experts.
Detailed underwater and internal inspection of the warship confirmed that, unlike the initial announcement, no holes were made at the warship’s bottom, the hull starboard was scratched and a certain amount of seawater flowed into the stern section through the rescue channel.
Experts estimated that it will take two or three days to restore the balance of the warship by pumping out the seawater from the flooded chamber and making the bow leave the slipway and 10-odd days to restore the warship’s side.
The accident investigation group reported the relevant investigation results to the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea on May 22.
The Party Central Military Commission gave the following stand and instructions to the investigation group:
The results about the unserious extent of the damage to the warship and the flooding process immediately after the accident are merely information necessary to take practical rehabilitation measures. The above-said data have nothing to do with finding the cause of the accident and the responsibility for it.
It is necessary to make clear the cause of the accident.
The Party Central Military Commission orders the investigation group to get to the bottom of the accident, which should never occur and could not be tolerated, and detect those responsible for it.
No matter how good the state of the warship is, the fact that the accident is an unpardonable criminal act remains true, and those responsible for it can never evade their responsibility for the crime.
Regarding this accident as a serious issue is not because of the damage to the warship or of economic loss. The aim of doing so is to deal a telling blow to incautiousness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricist attitude prevailing in any field and to sound an alarm bell.
On the basis of the investigation data of the accident investigation group, the law-enforcement organ entered the procedure of holding in detention and questioning those who are clearly responsible for the accident, to begin with.
Hong Kil Ho, manager of the Chongjin Shipyard, was summoned to the law-enforcement organ on May 22.
KCNA
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