The Navy looks very serious about the critical findings of a frigate

"This is obviously very serious.As stated in the Commission's report, we have moved from the status of" low stability "to" lost boat. "It is clear that this is serious in the case of KNM "Helge Ingstad," Nils Andreas Stensønes told NTB at a press conference in Oslo on Thursday.

In an attachment, the Commission warns of conditions critical to security. He assumes that the discovery does not meet the requirements of the Nansen-class injury standard. The frigates were filled with water in three sealed sections. There was some uncertainty on the back, the driver's room, also filled.

"We have not thought about the question of whether there is a responsibility here, we will come back to it later, we have just received this information and we have focused on the implementation of measures aimed at to ensure the safety of ships to enable them to navigate, "said Stensønes.

The Havarikommission discovered that the intrusion of water into the frigate had been faster than expected when the hulls had fallen during the collision of 8 November. An error in the construction associated with the ship's shaft has been discovered, as in the case of the four other frigates of the Nansen class.

"We have taken temporary measures so that the ships can navigate, we are talking to Defense Materials and the manufacturer Navatia to find permanent solutions, which should not be a security challenge in the future." Head of Defense Haakon Bruun-Hanssen at the press conference.(Conditions)Copyright Dagens Næringsliv AS and / or our suppliers. We would like you to share our business using a link directly to our pages. The copy or any other form of use of all or part of the content may only be done by written authorization or as permitted by law. For other terms please see here.