‘Desperate’ final moments of doomed Russian sub

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The crew of Russia’s Losharik sub had almost completed their secret mission when disaster struck. Now their final moments have been revealed.

as well as reveal the extent of damage suffered by the AS-32 “Losharik”.Kremlin investigators say they are inclined to believe the latter.

It had reportedly just completed the last of a series of training exercises before a planned “active service” deployment. But something appears to have sparked a fire in Losharik’s battery compartment and caused the flooding of several of its circular modules. According to Kommersant, the submariners “fought to the last”. They battled the blaze for more than 40 minutes — swapping their portable breathing units for fresh ones and switching to fixed emergency breathing units.

“Unfortunately, no one can tell how the fire developed on the AC-31 since all those on-board died,” a source reportedly told Kommersant. But, according to a top Russian naval officer who spoke at the time of the accident, the crew’s bravery “prevented a planetary catastrophe”. “We can say that the fire has seriously damaged radio-electronic equipment, automation, acoustic and navigation equipment. Life support systems are to be replaced.”

 

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