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Investigation into Destroyer Launch Accident Intensified

Date: 23/05/2025 | Source: KCNA.co.jp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, May 23 (KCNA) -- 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 included a public prosecutors organ and relevant experts. Detailed underwater and internal inspection of the warship confirmed that, unlike the initial announcement, there were no holes 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 keep the balance of the warship by pumping up 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 content 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 extent of damage to the warship is not serious and the result of the flooding process immediately after the accident is only information necessary to take practical rehabilitation measures. The above-said data have no connection with the cause of the accident and the identification of its responsibility. It is necessary to make clear the cause of the accident. The Party Central Military Commission instructed the investigation group to investigate and expose the cause of the accident which should never occur and could not be tolerated and 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 unchanged, and those responsible for it can never evade their responsibility for the crime. Regarding this accident as a serous matter is not because of the damage to the warship or 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 started to follow the procedure for first restraining and investigating those who are clearly responsible for the accident. Hong Kil Ho, manager of the Chongjin Shipyard, was summoned to the law-enforcement organ on May 22.

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