One dead in fire aboard aircraft carrier ”Admiral Kuznetsov”
One sailor died in a fire yesterday aboard Northern Fleet’s aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”, which currently is on a tour of duty in the Mediterranean.
During take-off and landing drills on the evening of January 6 a fire broke out on the aircraft carrier. One conscript sailor died while trying to extinguish the fire, a military source told Russian news agency Interfax.
According to the source, the fire caused only minor damages to the ship, and the tour will continue as planned.
Interfax has not yet received any official confirmation on the information.
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