20 people have been killed during an accident on a Russian navy nuclear submarine with 22 others injured on November 9.
“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,” Captain Igor Dygalo, the navy’s spokesman was quoted as saying in The Age. A naval spokesman said that the submarine’s nuclear reactor was not damaged and background radiation levels were both normal. Autopsies of the three naval officers and 17 civilians who died have shown that the victims died of Freon gas inhalation. The gas was released into part of the submarine when the fire extinguishing system was activated. However, it is not known why the firefighting system was set off. The vessel is a high-speed attack submarine, which is due for delivery to the Indian navy.
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