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News Source: Kuwait Times
| about 1 year ago
November 11, 2008 The loss of 20 people in the Russian military's latest submarine accident is a humiliating blow as the country tries to flex its military muscle on the world stage, analysts said on Sunday. The accident aboard the nuclear-powered...
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News Source: Moscow Times
| about 1 year ago
A fire-extinguishing system on the submarine began pumping Freon gas into a section of the submarine, which was undergoing testing in the Sea of Japan. Seventeen of the 20 people killed were civilians. "It's possible there weren't enough breathing...
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News Source: The Sunshine Coast Daily
| about 1 year ago
Navy top brass and government officials gathered in Bolshoi Kamen, a shipyard where the submarine was assembled and sailed from, about 100 km east of Russia's main Pacific naval base of Vladivostok. "The preliminary official version is the irregular...
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News Source: The Hindu
| about 1 year ago
Preliminary investigation into the gas poisoning aboard a Russian nuclear submarine that killed 20 people on Saturday confirmed initial reports that the accident was caused by malfunctioning in the fire suppression system. The Nerpa attack submarine...
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News Source: Times Online
| about 1 year ago
The nuclear submarine at the centre of Russia’s worst naval disaster in eight years was reported today to have been destined for delivery to India. Russia mourned the victims of the accident that killed 20 people and injured 21 on board the Nerpa,...
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News Source: Zee News
| about 1 year ago
Unauthorised activation' of extinguisher caused Russian sub mishap Moscow, Nov 10: An "unauthorised activation" of the fire extinguishing system led to the gas leakage on a Russian nuclear-powered submarine that claimed 20 lives, officials said on...
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News Source: BBC
| about 1 year ago
The disaster that befell the K-152 Nerpa on Saturday was one of the worst accidents in a long history of incidents involving Russian submarines. It left some 20 people dead and another 21 injured, and Russian authorities have announced that a day of...
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News Source: United Press International
| about 1 year ago
A malfunction in the fire safety system was the probable cause of the deadly accident aboard a Russian submarine, an investigatory commission said Monday. "The preliminary official conclusion is the unauthorized operation of the fire extinguishing...
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News Source: Epoch Times
| about 1 year ago
Russia—Some of the 20 men killed on a Russian nuclear submarine this weekend may have died because they lacked adequate training in how to respond in a fire drill, a former submarine officer said on Monday. Russian prosecutors said the victims on...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 year ago
India 's navy was supposed to lease the brand-new Russian nuclear submarine that suffered an accident over the weekend which killed 20 people, news reports said Monday - a development that would unsettle the military balance of power in Asia ...The...