Russia's Alone Aircraft Carrier Damaged Afterward Crane Falls On It—And The Drydock Sank

From Reuters:

Russia’s solely aircraft carrier was damaged spell undergoing repairs inward the N of the province afterwards the floating dock belongings it sank inward the early on hours of Tuesday as well as a crane crashed onto its deck, fierce a gash upwards to v meters wide.

The Admiral Kuznetsov has seen activity inward Russia’s armed services drive inward Syrian Arab Republic inward back upwards of President Bashar al-Assad alongside its planes carrying out air strikes against rebel forces.
It was beingness overhauled on 1 of the world’s biggest floating docks inward the icy waters of the Kola Bay virtually Murmansk around where Russia’s Northern Fleet is based as well as was due to become dorsum into service inward 2021.

Maria Kovtun, Murmansk’s governor, said inward a controversy that a rescue functioning had been launched as well as 71 people evacuated afterwards the floating dock belongings the send had begun to sink.

The warship had been successfully extracted from the dock earlier it completely sank, she said....MORE