Titan explosion reminds other submarine tragedies
- June 23, 2023
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The predicted explosion of the Titanic submarine that disappeared last Sunday with five people on board while trying to reach the wreck of the Titanic. confirms a new
The predicted explosion of the Titanic submarine that disappeared last Sunday with five people on board while trying to reach the wreck of the Titanic. confirms a new submarine tragedy.
The US Coast Guard announced this on Thursday. death of five passengers of the bathyscaphe once the remains of an underwater vehicle were found near the place where the Titanic ocean liner rests.
This number of fatal accidents on submarines which have had repercussions in the past two decades:
– August 12, 2000 Premier League”Kursk“Considered the pearl of the Russian Northern Fleet, it suffered technical problems during naval maneuvers and was abandoned submerged at rest at the bottom of the arctic with 118 crew members on board. They all died. According to investigators, the accident occurred due to an explosion for unknown reasons of one of the torpedoes on board.
Photo: Petr Makhkhonin from Wikimedia Commons
– On May 2, 2003, one of China’s largest maritime disasters occurred. The crew of 70 people died as a result of a mechanical accident “PL 316”. in US waters, near the Neichangshan Islands.
– November 8, 2008 at least 20 dead and another twenty injured was the balance of another deadly accident involving a Russian submarine, “K-152 Nerpa”, due to human error during navigational trials before it was leased to the Indian Navy under the name “Ince Chakra”.
– August 18, 2013, 18 sailors were killed in an explosion on the Indian submarine INS Sindhurakshak. In December 2014, a naval court tentatively concluded that human error caused by crew fatigue was the cause of the tragedy.
Photo: Krishna Chaitanya Velaga from Wikimedia Commons.
– November 15, 2017 lost contact with a submarine of the Argentine Navy. “ARA San Juan”, with 44 crew members on board, about 240 miles (430 km) off the coast of the Valdes Peninsula (Chubut, Argentina). On the 18th they were discovered from a submarine 7 satellite calls without linking to different bases. The remains were discovered just a year after the sinking at a depth of 907 meters and 500 kilometers from the Argentine coast.
– April 21, 2021, 53 crew members of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402 were killed. after problems arose inside the ship during maneuvers between the islands of Bali and Java. Three days later, it was officially recognized as sunken and was found divided into three parts at a depth of 850 meters.
Photo: Juan Kulichevsky from Wikimedia Commons
On June 19, 2023, the small submarine Titan of OceanGate Expeditions, which was used to transport tourists to view the remains of the Titanic, went missing. There were four tourists and the ship’s pilot on that trip. This Thursday, rescue work was completed after the discovery of the “wreckage” of the ship near the place where the ocean liner rests. The investigation remains open.
(EFE with photographs by Petr Makhonin, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga and Juan Kulichevsky)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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