Fire erupts on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea submersibles, killing 14 sailors, Russian Defense Ministry says.
MOSCOW — A fire on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea submersibles killed 14 sailors, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday without giving the cause of the blaze or saying if there were survivors.
The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the fire broke out while the submersible was measuring sea depths in Russia's territorial waters and the vessel had since arrived at the Arctic port of Severomorsk, the main base of Russia's Northern Fleet. An investigation was underway, it said. The Losharik, which entered service in 2010, is the most advanced and most obscure Russian submarine. It's named after a Soviet-era cartoon character, a toy horse made of small spheres.
Some observers speculated the Losharik was even capable of going as deep as 6,000 meters , but the claims couldn't be independently confirmed. Analysts suggested that one of its possible missions could be disrupting communication cables on the ocean bed.Russian news reports said that while the Losharik officially belongs to the Northern Fleet, it answers directly to the Defense Ministry's Department for Deep-Sea Research, reflecting the high sensitivity of its missions.
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