Inquiry Probes Cause of Russian Sub Deaths

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › November 11, 2008

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MOSCOW -- A manufacturing flaw, a misplaced cable, even a cigarette.

Those are some of the scenarios put forward by navy veterans and experts as investigators try to determine what activated a firefighting system aboard a new Russian nuclear submarine beneath the Sea of Japan, and why 20 people were killed.

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Inquiry Probes Cause of Russian Sub Deaths

The Akula-class submarine was undergoing sea trials Saturday with 208 people aboard when its fire-extinguishing system activated in error, spewing Freon gas that s...

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