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Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Horror on board Plymouth nuclear submarine as crew battles to survive

HMS TurbulentA “catastrohic” systems failure on board a Devonport-based nuclear submarine caused a mass-casualty incident, The Herald can today exclusively reveal.

When HMS Turbulent’s air conditioning plants malfunctioned during a deployment in the sweltering heat of the Indian Ocean, it resulted in 26 casualties.

Eight of those casualties were in a ‘life-threatening’ condition.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete5/6/14 08:28

    Seems to generate 2 themes
    1 - submarines are dangerous to their crews and in port even in peacetime, and
    2 - how dangerous is kept secret for years.

    Does this cause an underestimation of how potentially dangerous submarines are in port - due to gas explosions in diesel-electrics subs and to reactor problems (disposal) in nuclear subs.

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