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least 20 people were killed and another 21 injured in an accident on a
Russian Pacific Fleet nuclear submarine which was undergoing routine
tests, an aide to the Russian Navy commander said on Sunday. "More than
20 people were killed during sea trials as a result of the accidental
launch of the fire-extinguishing system on a nuclear submarine of the
Pacific Fleet on November 8," Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo said.
"Shipyard workers and service personnel are among the victims." Dygalo
said 208 people, including 81 service personnel had been onboard the
submarine at the time of the incident. He said the Navy
commander-in-chief had ordered a halt to the trials and said the
submarine is being escorted to a temporary base by the large
anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs and the rescue vessel Sayany. He
stressed that the sub's reactor had not been affected. All the injured
have been evacuated on to the Admiral Tributs and will be taken to
hospitals in Vladivostok. First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander
Kolmakov and Navy commander-in-chief, Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky are
heading to the accident scene, Dygalo added. He did not give details of
the type and name of the submarine. A source at the Amur shipyard,
however, said the submarine was called the Nerpa and had recently
started sea trials in the Sea of Japan.
"The submarine is being moved to a temporary base in the Primorye
Region, where a team from Moscow is heading and a Pacific Fleet
commission and the military prosecutor are already located," the source
said. A high-ranking source in the Pacific Fleet said the accident had
occurred in the nose section of the submarine and confirmed that it had
not damaged the submarine's reactor. The most serious accident on a
Russian submarine occurred on August 12, 2000, when the nuclear
submarine Kursk sank following an onboard torpedo explosion, killing
all 118 crewmembers. The construction of the Akula II class Nerpa
nuclear attack submarine started in 1991 but has been suspended for
over a decade due to lack of funding. Akula II class vessels are
considered the quietest and deadliest of Russian nuclear-powered attack
submarines. The Nerpa had started sea trials on October 27. |
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