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Originally Posted by Nexus7
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Originally Posted by Perseus
The bubbles weren't air but carbon monoxide. After spending hours in compartment 9, lieutenant Koliasnov decided that the filters in the air refreshing apparatus had to be replaced. These filters were made of a chemical and one of the submariners accidently dropped one of the filters into a bucket filled with generator fuel. The ensuing explosion killed at least 5 ppl instantly and consumed all remaining oxygen, leaving the others to die slowly and painfully.
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:hmm: filters... bucket with fuel... explosion.... carbon monoxide........ logical sequence for sure!
But how could they figure from the external? Did they know that?
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Well they actually didn't need to catch carbon monoxide bubbles, the scorchmarks in compartment 9 and the burned bodies of those killed by the explosion were tell-tale signs of what had happened. Sad, sad story, though, because this lieutenant Koliasnov kept trying to reach other compartments via the intercom, which was running on its own, undamaged generator, but to no avail.
By the way, post mortem examination of the bodies in compartment 9 also showed lethal concentrations of carbon monoxide in muscles, plasma and organs.
What always did strike me as 'odd' was that, right after the two explosions which essentially ripped open the entire bow, the officers in the command room apparently had the time to order an emergency blow. Unfortunately, of course, there was no use for that as the water rushed in so incredibly fast that the ballast tanks couldn't make a difference anymore.
But that emergency order must have been given FAST.