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Retired Admiral: "Kursk" sank after collision with NATO submarine
Author:Mariusz Dasiewicz
Retired Russian Admiral Wiaczesław Popow said in an interview that the RIA agency published on Monday Nowosti that caused the sinking before 21 years of underwater shipin atomic "Kursk" was a collision with an unidentified shipNATO submarine. Popov was then commander of the Russian North Fleet.
Ship Underwater NATO was to inadvertently collide with Kursk, following him at close range. According to Adm. This pop unit was also damaged and sent a distress signal. Popov didn't identify the western shipu and said he lacks proof to support his claim.
Its explanation of the "Kurska" disaster in the Barents Sea contradicts the results of an official investigation which indicated that it was caused by an explosive leak from a damaged torpedo.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Pieskov refused to comment on these revelations and sent journalists back to the results of the official investigation.
Popow, who was blamed for the slow and inept response to the crash, had already talked about the collision, but his last statement is more detailed.
Russian media reported that during the "Kurska" disaster in the Barents Sea near the site where the Russian Navy exercises took place, two American shipy underwater and one British.
"Kurska" tragedy occurred on August 12, 2000. According to official data, most of the 118 crew members were killed on site as a result of two explosions on a Russian ship. Destroyed ship It settled on the bottom, at a depth of 108 meters. 23 survivors waited unsuccessfully for help.
The wreck of Kursk was raised in October 2001, allowing investigators to extract 115 bodies and search the destroyed hull for clues regarding the cause of the crash.
Source: PAP
