PYONGYANG, May 23 (NNN-KCNA) – An investigation group of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), got down to a “full-scale investigation,” into the serious destroyer launch accident, which occurred at the Chongjin Shipyard.
The accident took place Wednesday, at the shipyard, in the eastern port city of Chongjin, during a ceremony to launch a newly built 5,000-tonne destroyer, attended by the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un.
Citing “inexperience command and operational carelessness” in the course of the launch, as the launch slide of the stern departed first and was stranded, while the flatcar failed to move in parallel.
Some sections of the warship’s bottom were “crushed,” destroying the balance of the warship, and the bow couldn’t leave the shipway, it reported.
After watching the whole course of the accident, Kim said, “It was a serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism, which is out of the bounds of possibility and could not be tolerated.”– NNN-KCNA
