List of Russian Military Accidents - 2000s

2000s

• June 2000 - A fuel leak from a missile poisoned servicemen at a naval base in Russia's Far East.

• 12 August 2000 - The OSCAR II-class nuclear-powered submarine Kursk sank due to an explosion of ordnance in its torpedo room in the Barents Sea, killing all the 118 submariners on board.

• 30 August 2003 - The decommissioned NOVEMBER-class nuclear-powered submarine K-159 sank while it was being towed to a harbour in the Barents Sea to be stripped of its nuclear reactors. 9 crew died.

• August 2005 - The Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy provided assistance to rescue seven Russian sailors trapped in a minisubmarine that had become entangled in submerged nets off Russia’s Pacific coastline near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.

• 7 September 2006 - a fire broke out in the submarine, Daniil Moskovskiy (St Daniel of Moscow), as it was being towed across the Barents Sea to a base in Vidyayevo. Two on board died.

• 8 November 2008 - the AKULA II-class submarine K-152 Nerpa's freon fire extinguishing system was accidentally activated, killing 20 and injuring at least 22 people. The incident occurred while the submarine was conducting sea trials.

• 17 October 2008 - a MiG-29 crashed in southern Siberia causing the fleet to be grounded temporarily.

• 5 December 2008 - a MiG-29 lost part of its tail section due to corrosion and crashed in southern Siberia. The whole fleet was grounded for inspection and 90 MiG-29s were found to be in a dangerous condition.

• March 2009 - a fire broke out on the hull of the decommissioned nuclear submarine, Orenburg, while at the Severodvinsk docks.

• October 2009 - another blaze occurred during the decommissioning of the nuclear submarine, Kazan, again at Severodvinsk.

• 14 November 2009 - explosion on the outskirts of Ulyanovsk at Arsenal 31, a navy depot. 2 firemen died during the decommissioning of munitions.

• 23 November 2009 - second explosion at Arsenal 31. 8 soldiers died as they removed munitions.