False alarm blamed for Russian submarine deaths

latimes.com

Nov. 10, 2008

Emission of fire-extinguishing gases killed 20, mostly civilians who analysts say were unprepared to handle the emergency. A false alarm was responsible for setting off the emission of deadly fire-extinguishing gases on a new Russian nuclear-powered submarine in the Sea of Japan, killing 20...

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