Word: norwegians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MOSCOW--The Soviet Union said yesterday that 42 sailors were killed when a nuclear-powered submarine caught fire and exploded in the Norwegian Sea, and it disclosed that two torpedoes on board were armed with nuclear warheads...
...Soviets officially informed Norway of the accident nearly nine hours after the vessel went down. The Norwegian news agency NTB claimed Norwegian rescue helicopters could have reached the ship several hours before Soviet fishing vessels if the Soviets has asked for help promptly...
WASHINGTON--A nuclear-powered Soviet submarine appears to have sunk more than 300 miles off the coast of Norway after suffering an underwater accident and catching fire, U.S. and Norwegian officials said yesterday...
They said the submarine managed to surface for a time in the Norwegian Sea after the accident occurred and that at least one Soviet ship had responded to a distress call and arrived on the scene...
...Oslo, a Norwegian army supreme command spokesperson said the sub apparently was lost in the area between Norway and Greenland. Col. Gollow Gjeseth, press spokesperson of Norway's Supreme Defense Command, said in a telephone interview that a Norwegian observation plane sent over the area about 11 a.m. EDT saw "a Soviet ship and two rubber boats...