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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Russia to remember victims of Nerpa sub tragedy

Events in memory of 20 people killed in an accident during tests of the Nerpa nuclear attack submarine will be held on Sunday in Russia's Far East.

On November 8, 2008, while the Nerpa was undergoing sea trials, its onboard fire extinguishing system went off, releasing a deadly gas into the sleeping quarters. Three crewmembers and 17 shipyard workers were killed. There were 208 people, 81 of them submariners, aboard the vessel at the time.

A monument to 12 residents of the Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, who were killed in the deadly accident, will be opened at the city's cemetery.

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