![]() The Losharik was headed by ship captain Denis Dolonsky, 1st rank captain and Hero of Russia. The Ministry of Defense on Wednesday released the list of the dead. Fishermen were eye witnesses to the ship when it suddenly surfaced near the Ura Bay, about 100 km east of the border to Norway. The vessel reportedly was in Russian territorial waters when the fire started. The crew included some of the the most experienced men in the Russian Navy. Among them where two highly decorated Heroes of Russia, seven 1st rank captains and three 2nd rank captains. The fire onboard the Losharik (AS-31) broke out on the evening of July 1. This means we can repair the submersible quickly.” An experienced crew “The crew has taken the necessary measures to save the unit, which is in working order. It is isolated and without people, he told Putin. ![]() ![]() He also made clear that the reactor compartment is unaffected by the accident. Moreover, this must be done, in this particular case,” the defense minister underlined. “Our first conclusion is that the submarine can be repaired. “We are using the services of the submarine designers and industry representatives to assess the volume and timeframe of repairs,” Shoigu told the President. Sergey Shoigu, on Thursday morning, met with President Putin following his trip to Severomorsk, the Northern Fleet headquarters, on Wednesday. (Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images) The fire started in the battery compartment, but did not affect the reactor, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reports to Vladimir Putin.Īccording to the defense minister, the special purpose submarine can be fully restored and taken back in service. Fourteen Russian seamen have died in a fire on a deep-water research submersible, Russia’s defence ministry said on July 2, 2019. The AS-12 was constructed and launched under a veil of secrecy, but some details of the project have been reported by Russian media.This picture taken on Jshows the Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) while attending the Navy day in the city of Severomorsk. Secret vessel reportedly has a unique titanium hull design Per Strand, a director at the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, said Russian officials had told his agency that a gas explosion took place on board the submarine, though Russia denied this. The latest incident also took place in the vicinity of the Barents Sea, but authorities in nearby Norway said they were monitoring, but had not detected, abnormally high levels of radiation. In the deadliest naval incident in post-Soviet Russia, the Kursk nuclear submarine exploded and sank on August 12, 2000, during naval manoeuvres in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 crew members. The blaze marks the most serious Russian naval incident since 2008, when 20 people died after a firefighting system was accidentally triggered while the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine of Russia's Pacific Fleet was undergoing trials. ![]() Norway monitoring for radiation in Barents Sea The Ministry said the fire was put out thanks to the "self-sacrifice of crew members" but did not say how many people were on board. "It is a big loss for the fleet and for army in general." "Seven out of the 14 dead are first-class captains, two are Heroes of Russia. ![]()
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