What Happened to the Indian Sub that Took In Damaging Water from an Open Hatch? – Note to any country’s navy: do not leave a hatch open on a submarine.
Apparently, the Indian navy did not get this memo and left a hatch open in 2017 that resulted in water damage that sidelined a major Indian submarine for ten months.
However, there is a dispute that this really occurred despite all the mocking headlines making fun of the Indian navy in 2018 and beyond.
The incident supposedly happened to the $2.9 billion INS Arihant in February 2017.
 Someone allegedly failed to secure a hatch on the Arihant when it was at port, and seawater rushed in, creating serious damage to the sub’s engine room. The seawater then corroded pipes on the boat that put its nuclear reactor in danger. 
Or so we were told to believe. 
Is This Really True?
But a fact-check website called BlackDot became …