Kapitan Wanins home town was Kiev. He was the Captain of the submarine "KOMSOMOLEZ", 1984-1989. On the 7th of April, after a damage of a highpressure-air-tube hydraulic-oil gets out on a hot surface and starts a fire. One crew-man was enclosed and died. The Reactor-SCRAM was done immediately and the submarine surfaced. But the fire got out of control. They had to leave the boat. The Emergency-Shuttle was filled with toxic smoke. 42 crew-men died, most in the ice-cold water. Some were injured by fire and smoke. They had no time to put on their rescue-suits. Kapitan Vanin helped a man to leave the boat, then he was the last to leave the sinking "KOMSOMOLEZ". In the icy coldness of the water he was left by his forces and drowned.
Kapitan Wanins home town was Kiev. He was the Captain of the submarine "KOMSOMOLEZ", 1984-1989. On the 7th of April, after a damage of a highpressure-air-tube hydraulic-oil gets out on a hot surface and starts a fire. One crew-man was enclosed and died. The Reactor-SCRAM was done immediately and the submarine surfaced. But the fire got out of control. They had to leave the boat. The Emergency-Shuttle was filled with toxic smoke. 42 crew-men died, most in the ice-cold water. Some were injured by fire and smoke. They had no time to put on their rescue-suits. Kapitan Vanin helped a man to leave the boat, then he was the last to leave the sinking "KOMSOMOLEZ". In the icy coldness of the water he was left by his forces and drowned.
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