Error with Propulsion System Causes New South Korean Submarine to Be Towed into Port

It looks like South Korea is still working out the kinks with their new type 214 submarine:

A defective inverter module was found to have been the cause of an error message that led to a new 214-class submarine having to be towed in the East Sea earlier this month, Navy officials said Sunday.

The Navy decided to inspect all 214-class submarines to ensure that no such problems would happen again, after finding that a defect was reported in the same part of another submarine of the same type two years ago too, officials said.

The latest incident happened on Jan. 23 when the submarine was in waters off the southeastern port city of Pohang. An error message popped up in the vessel’s propulsion system, and officials decided to get the sub towed by a civilian vessel.

Yonhap

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