CNN Breaking News: Russian news agencies reporting nuclear-powered submarine accident kills 20

[steph1962]

-- An accident aboard a nuclear-powered submarine has killed more than 20 people, according to Russian news agencies.


from CNN - no link yet. I wonder what's going on.

[Witness4Jesus]

I wonder where the sub is?

[Faith&Hope]

link
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/08/russia.submarine.ap/index.html

[Biblenuggetlady]

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hD_OJemR184COjKR32WI3G3He4cw

MOSCOW (AFP) — More than 20 people were killed and another 20 injured when a fire extinguishing system was inadvertently activated aboard a Russian nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean, the Russian navy said Sunday.

"During sea trials of a nuclear-powered submarine of the Pacific Fleet the firefighting system went off unsanctioned, killing over 20 people, including servicemen and workers," said Captain Igor Dygalo, the navy's spokesman.

The accident did not apparently affect the submarine's nuclear reactor. "The submarine is not damaged, its reactor works as normal, and background radiation levels are normal," Dygalo stated.

Dygalo told AFP that President Dmitry Medvedev was being kept informed about the situation by Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and had already ordered a "full and meticulous" investigation of the incident.

The incident recalled the 2000 Kursk disaster, when 118 crewmen died when their nuclear submarine sank after an onboard explosion in the Barents Sea.

The Kremlin was harshly criticised at home and abroad for its sluggish and secretive response to the Kursk disaster, but seemed to be moving quickly to avoid a repetition this time.

Dygalo said Medvedev had also ordered the defence ministry to provide "all possible aid and support to the victims' families."

The submarine was carrying out sea trials when the accident occurred and the stricken vessel was ordered to put in to a port on Russia's far east coast temporarily, he added.

The spokesman did not say exactly where the incident occurred or specify which port the submarine would return to.

Twenty-one people with varying degrees of injuries were evacuated from the submarine, Dygalo said.

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[LadyJ]

*doo doo doo do doo ~ doo doo do doo* you've now entered the "Russia Zone!"

[logosone]

Just count on never knowing what happened here.

[Faith&Hope]

Just count on never knowing what happened here.



I agree.

[Julian4jc]

So much for Stealth :pound

[Beautiful Feet]

Just count on never knowing what happened here.

Amen.

[logosone]

Even if they tell the truth nobody will believe it.