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Russian navy: sub accident kills at least 20
MOSCOW (AP) — A new Russian nuclear-powered submarine had a problem with its fire safety system on a test run in the Sea of Japan, sparking an accident that killed at least 20 people and injured 22 others, officials said Sunday.
It was Russia's worst naval accident since torpedo explosions sank another nuclear-powered submarine, the Kursk, in the Barents Sea in 2000, killing all 118 seamen aboard.
The submarine was not damaged in Saturday's accident and went back to its base on Russia's Pacific coast under its own power, escorted by a rescue vessel, Russian navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said Sunday. The nuclear reactor aboard the submarine was operating normally and radiation levels were normal, he said.
State-run Rossiya television said the submarine went to Bolshoi Kamen, a military shipyard and a navy base near Vladivostok.
Dygalo said the deaths and injuries were due to the "unsanctioned activation" of the firefighting system in the two sections of the submarine closest to the bow. The nuclear reactor that powers the sub was not threatened, he added.
It was unclear what activated the fire-extinguishing system. The system is designed to release Freon coolant, Russian news agencies quoted an official with Russia's top investigative agency, Sergei Markin, as saying.
Markin said in televised remarks that 14 civilians and six sailors were killed, citing preliminary information. He said 22 others were hospitalized after being evacuated to a destroyer that brought them to shore.
Earlier, Dygalo said more than 20 people were killed, including sailors and workers from the shipyard that built it, and that 21 were injured and hospitalized. He said the submarine had 208 people aboard, including 81 servicemen.
Officials did not reveal the name of the submarine, which Dygalo said was to be commissioned by the navy later this year.
Yet an unnammed official at the Amur Shipbuilding Factory said the submarine was built there and is called the Nerpa, the state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Testing on the submarine began last month and it submerged for the first time last week, the agency said.
Markin said authorities have opened an investigation into violations of rules for operating military vessels, suggesting human error was likely involved.
Saturday's accident came as the Kremlin flexes its military muscle and seeks to restore Russia's naval reach, part of a drive to show off the nuclear-armed country's clout amid strained ties with the West. A naval squadron is headed to Venezuela for joint exercises this month in a show of force near U.S. waters.
Despite a major boost in military spending during Vladimir Putin's eight years as president, Russia's military is still hampered by decrepit infrastructure, aging weapons and problems with corruption and incompetence.
Construction of the Nerpa, an Akula II class attack submarine, started in 1991 but was suspended for years because of a shortage of funding, RIA-Novosti reported.
First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Kolmakov and navy chief Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky were heading for the Pacific Coast in the wake of the accident, Dygalo said.
The Kremlin said President Dmitry Medvedev was told about the accident immediately and ordered a thorough investigation.
Putin, now prime minister, was criticized for his slow response to the Kursk disaster, which marred the first of his eight years as president.
In 2003, 11 people also died when a Russian submarine that was being taken out of service sank in the Barents Sea.
What a tradey. May the victums all rest in peace.
If I were India I'd really re-tink the purchase of Russian warships. The Carrier is delayed..now this tradgey.
However, fortunately, for the IN none of the major systems on board the sub appears to be damaged.
If I were India I'd really re-tink the purchase of Russian warships. The Carrier is delayed..now this tradgey.
However, fortunately, for the IN none of the major systems on board the sub appears to be damaged.
I heard that sailors and submariners can be a superstitious lot and they don't like hearing things like that.
Two workers died in a fire while building the Sovremenny destroyer that was going to be PLAN's 138. You wonder about the safety training and procedures of the ship workers. It also appears this was caused by the ship workers.
Two workers died in a fire while building the Sovremenny destroyer that was going to be PLAN's 138. You wonder about the safety training and procedures of the ship workers. It also appears this was caused by the ship workers.
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this is the news from Hong Kong 1/2 China official newspaper<Wen Wei po> report:
BEIJING, Nov. 10, according to Xinhua in Hong Kong, "Wen Wei Po" reported that the Russian Pacific Fleet nuclear-powered submarine test on the 8th, when the accident occurred, killing at least 20 people died and 22 were injured. Russian navy initially refers to the accident by boat on fire-fighting system failure led to the president Medvedev has ordered the Defense Department to immediately conduct a thorough investigation into the reasons shows that the accident may have involved human error. This is the second in 2000 "Kursk" nuclear submarine accident which resulted in 118 deaths, the most serious of the Russian nuclear submarine accident.
Russian navy spokesman Dygalo stressed that the submarine's nuclear reactor in operation after a normal, regular targets of nuclear radiation, but did not disclose the type of submarines and the scene of the accident. According to Russian news agency quoted the source refers to the Amur shipyard and the submarine incident was "Cheetah" (Nerpa). It has been reported that the submarine was carrying 208 crew members, only 81 soldiers and the rest are technical staff.
Fire-extinguishing system to test suspected illegal operation
When the accident happened is the Russian nuclear submarine test the waters, fire-fighting equipment on board all of a sudden start, suspected chemical gas leak, made at least 20 people were killed and another 22 wounded had been transferred to escort only. Victims, including 17 technicians shipyard. It has been reported that the incident of fire-fighting equipment is located close to the bow of the ship's bulkhead of the two, to stay away from the stern of the nuclear reactor is located. Russia's Itar-Tass quoted prosecution sources, the submarine's fire-fighting equipment will be given out chemicals, "freon", mainly for cooling.
Reported that the authorities are on whether the soldiers breach the direction of the investigation, suggesting that the accident involved human error. Russian naval experts believe that the submarine fire-fighting system failure may be responsible for testing the technical staff led to the illegal operations, there are one or two failures by the impact of a cofferdam, which was closed bulkhead.
After the authorities ordered the suspension of trials submarine and anti-submarine destroyer sent a "Telibuci will" to take the injured to the Russian Far East port of Vladivostok Naval Hospital for medical treatment. It has been reported that the submarine yesterday afternoon to return to Vladivostok, 40 kilometers from the port calories Myanmar, the remains of the victims were sent to local and Vladivostok.
And the Committee against military and defense industry
Refers to the analysis, the accident occurred in Venezuela and Russia joint naval exercises, in recent years for a positive reconstruction of Russian arms is a major blow to the submarine incident together with the original lease to India, also dealt a heavy blow to the national Russia's defense industry confidence.
The Kremlin said that President Medvedev has been ordered to immediately conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident and instructed the Ministry of National Defense pension families of the victims.
BEIJING, Nov. 10, according to Xinhua in Hong Kong, "Wen Wei Po" reported that the Russian Pacific Fleet nuclear-powered submarine test on the 8th, when the accident occurred, killing at least 20 people died and 22 were injured. Russian navy initially refers to the accident by boat on fire-fighting system failure led to the president Medvedev has ordered the Defense Department to immediately conduct a thorough investigation into the reasons shows that the accident may have involved human error. This is the second in 2000 "Kursk" nuclear submarine accident which resulted in 118 deaths, the most serious of the Russian nuclear submarine accident.
Russian navy spokesman Dygalo stressed that the submarine's nuclear reactor in operation after a normal, regular targets of nuclear radiation, but did not disclose the type of submarines and the scene of the accident. According to Russian news agency quoted the source refers to the Amur shipyard and the submarine incident was "Cheetah" (Nerpa). It has been reported that the submarine was carrying 208 crew members, only 81 soldiers and the rest are technical staff.
Fire-extinguishing system to test suspected illegal operation
When the accident happened is the Russian nuclear submarine test the waters, fire-fighting equipment on board all of a sudden start, suspected chemical gas leak, made at least 20 people were killed and another 22 wounded had been transferred to escort only. Victims, including 17 technicians shipyard. It has been reported that the incident of fire-fighting equipment is located close to the bow of the ship's bulkhead of the two, to stay away from the stern of the nuclear reactor is located. Russia's Itar-Tass quoted prosecution sources, the submarine's fire-fighting equipment will be given out chemicals, "freon", mainly for cooling.
Reported that the authorities are on whether the soldiers breach the direction of the investigation, suggesting that the accident involved human error. Russian naval experts believe that the submarine fire-fighting system failure may be responsible for testing the technical staff led to the illegal operations, there are one or two failures by the impact of a cofferdam, which was closed bulkhead.
After the authorities ordered the suspension of trials submarine and anti-submarine destroyer sent a "Telibuci will" to take the injured to the Russian Far East port of Vladivostok Naval Hospital for medical treatment. It has been reported that the submarine yesterday afternoon to return to Vladivostok, 40 kilometers from the port calories Myanmar, the remains of the victims were sent to local and Vladivostok.
And the Committee against military and defense industry
Refers to the analysis, the accident occurred in Venezuela and Russia joint naval exercises, in recent years for a positive reconstruction of Russian arms is a major blow to the submarine incident together with the original lease to India, also dealt a heavy blow to the national Russia's defense industry confidence.
The Kremlin said that President Medvedev has been ordered to immediately conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the accident and instructed the Ministry of National Defense pension families of the victims.
It looks like that Russia is considering the option of adopting the refitted Gorshkov on its own if the Indians don't pay up.
Also the latest news on the Nerpa, is that Russia will no longer lease the Akula II sub to India.
Picked it up from AFM.
Nerpa stays in Russia
Nerpa nuclear submarine to join Russian Navy - top brass
11:54 | 18/ 11/ 2008
VLADIVOSTOK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Navy will commission the Nerpa nuclear submarine, on which 20 people recently died, rather than sell or lease it to India, the chief of the General Staff told a Russian daily on Tuesday.
On November 8, while the submarine was undergoing sea trials in the Sea of Japan, a crew member is believed to have entered the wrong data into the temperature sensor, which caused the fire safety system to release Freon gas into the living quarters.
"The sum of $650-780 million, which Rosoboronexport and the Amur Shipbuilding Plant had negotiated over a long period of time with the Indian Ministry of Defense, will now be found in Russia, either within the state weapons procurement program or somewhere else," the Rossiiskaya Gazeta quoted General of the Army Nikolai Makarov as saying.
The construction of the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine started in 1991, but was suspended for over a decade due to a lack of funding.
Indian media have reported on various occasions that the construction of the submarine was partially financed by the Indian government. India has reportedly paid $650 million for a 10-year lease of the 12,000-ton submarine.
The submarine's reactor was not affected by the accident, which took place in the nose of the submarine, and radiation levels on board remained normal.
The Navy earlier said the sea trials of the submarine would continue after the investigation into the recent tragedy and certain technical adjustments in the fire safety system.
Nerpa will reportedly join other seven Akula class submarines in Russia's Pacific Fleet.
Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of all Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines.
RIA Novosti
Also the latest news on the Nerpa, is that Russia will no longer lease the Akula II sub to India.
Picked it up from AFM.
Nerpa stays in Russia
Nerpa nuclear submarine to join Russian Navy - top brass
11:54 | 18/ 11/ 2008
VLADIVOSTOK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Navy will commission the Nerpa nuclear submarine, on which 20 people recently died, rather than sell or lease it to India, the chief of the General Staff told a Russian daily on Tuesday.
On November 8, while the submarine was undergoing sea trials in the Sea of Japan, a crew member is believed to have entered the wrong data into the temperature sensor, which caused the fire safety system to release Freon gas into the living quarters.
"The sum of $650-780 million, which Rosoboronexport and the Amur Shipbuilding Plant had negotiated over a long period of time with the Indian Ministry of Defense, will now be found in Russia, either within the state weapons procurement program or somewhere else," the Rossiiskaya Gazeta quoted General of the Army Nikolai Makarov as saying.
The construction of the Akula II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine started in 1991, but was suspended for over a decade due to a lack of funding.
Indian media have reported on various occasions that the construction of the submarine was partially financed by the Indian government. India has reportedly paid $650 million for a 10-year lease of the 12,000-ton submarine.
The submarine's reactor was not affected by the accident, which took place in the nose of the submarine, and radiation levels on board remained normal.
The Navy earlier said the sea trials of the submarine would continue after the investigation into the recent tragedy and certain technical adjustments in the fire safety system.
Nerpa will reportedly join other seven Akula class submarines in Russia's Pacific Fleet.
Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of all Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines.
RIA Novosti
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The Russian´s company Fazotron is bragging about Russian´s strives in the fighter aircraft technology. Lets see if they really get to win the Indian tender for the buying of their new fighters.
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