Case file · Anomaly hotspot
The Kursk disaster
On 12 August 2000 two explosions sank the Russian submarine Kursk during an exercise in the Barents Sea; all 118 crew died, some after surviving for hours in the stern.
2000 CE · 69.62, 37.58 · status: explained
The account
Russian officials first blamed a collision with a foreign submarine, a theory still popular in Russia.
The sceptical view
The official inquiry found that a leaking high-test peroxide torpedo exploded and set off the warheads of other torpedoes.