{"id":11131,"date":"2019-12-13T00:03:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T00:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/13\/fire-sweeps-russias-only-aircraft-carrier\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:06:57","slug":"fire-sweeps-russias-only-aircraft-carrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/12\/13\/fire-sweeps-russias-only-aircraft-carrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire sweeps Russia\u2019s only aircraft carrier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 Russia\u2019s only aircraft carrier suffered a massive fire Thursday that killed one crew member, injured another 11 people and significantly damaged the ill-fated ship that has been haunted by incidents throughout its service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire on the Admiral Kuznetsov broke out during welding work at a shipyard in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Murmansk-Russia\" target=_blank>Arctic port of Murmansk<\/a> and spread quickly through the carrier\u2019s internal compartments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship\u2019s crew and emergency teams spent the day battling the blaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military said one crew member died fighting the fire, and another one is missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities in Murmansk said 11 people were injured and 10 of them were hospitalized in intensive care units.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2018\/10\/30\/russias-only-aircraft-carrier-is-damaged-when-dock-sinks-crane-punches-huge-hole-in-ship\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18303318923666.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia\u2019s only aircraft carrier is damaged when dock sinks, crane punches huge hole in ship<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The carrier had undergone repairs and was leaving when the floating dock sank.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Investigative Committee, the nation\u2019s top state watchdog agency, has opened a probe into a possible violation of safety rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian state television showed the carrier berth-side next to a snow-covered hill, engulfed by smoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Ministry said the fire was localized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/video-russian-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetvoz-rust-bucket-fire-murmansk-2019-12\" target=_blank>Admiral Kuznetsov <\/a>has been plagued by breakdowns and setbacks since its launch in 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The massive blaze follows a 70-ton crane crashing onto the Admiral Kuznetsov\u2019s deck in October 2018 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/10\/30\/russias-only-aircraft-carrier-is-damaged-when-dock-sinks-crane-punches-huge-hole-in-ship\/\" target=_blank>a mammoth floating dock holding the ship sank<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crane left a hole of 20 square meters (215 square feet), and the loss of the dock significantly slowed down repairs on the carrier since the navy lacked another of comparable size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday&#8217;s fire will further push back the work to fit the ship with modern control systems and new weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/we-now-know-why-russias-only-aircraft-carrier-pumps-out-so-much-black-smoke-28427\" target=_blank>Belching black smoke<\/a> when underway, the Admiral Kuznetsov looks outdated compared with the nuclear-powered carriers of the United States. However, the Kremlin has used it to project military might far from Russia\u2019s shores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2016, the Admiral Kuznetsov was deployed to the eastern Mediterranean as part of Russia&#8217;s campaign in Syria, launching the first carrier-mounted attacks in Russian naval history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It lost two carrier-launched fighters in incidents during the Syria mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Navy Times editor\u2019s note: <\/b>We\u2019re updating this story on Friday to indicate that the crew member who went missing was found dead, raising the death toll from the blaze to two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two dead and at least 11 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