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08-11-17, 05:45 AM | #1 |
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UC3 Nautilus sunk - Peter Madsen charged with murder of journalist Kim Wall
Breaking radio silence to inform you all that last night Peter Madsen and his crew encountered a problem with the ballast tank in the Nautilus which developed into a major issue and unfortunately the submarine sunk.
Peter has been rescued, however the status of the other people who were with him are unknown. https://translate.google.co.uk/trans...f-det-men-okay My best wishes to Peter at this difficult time and I hope that if there are others missing that they are found swiftly and Nautilus is able to be refloated in due course. |
08-11-17, 05:50 AM | #2 |
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Not the best news to wake up to on my extended weekend
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08-11-17, 05:57 AM | #3 |
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I imagine this having far reaching implications for Peter.
Not only the Sub very dear to him as living proof of what you can do if you set your mind to it, but it also served a central purpose in his space rocket launch campaign this summer...talk about double trouble...
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08-11-17, 06:16 AM | #4 |
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Just seen the news. Glad to see that Peter is back on dry land and hope that he is OK. Must be a great shock and an even greater grief for him. But hopefully he'll bounce back in the usual Madsen style.
All the best to you Peter if you are reading this. Good luck to you. |
08-11-17, 06:58 AM | #5 |
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Here's a link with pictures and confirmation nobody went down with the sub but the Police have yet to confirm the whereabouts of the female reporter.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nati...166643712.html
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08-11-17, 07:08 AM | #6 | |
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Quote:
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/...fgetaucht.html Not sunk, says German media, Dived with it with limkol, Neal Stevens and Peter Madsen as crew in 2005 in Kopenhagen. |
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08-11-17, 07:53 AM | #7 | |
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Conflicting news reports... first stuff said it sank with hatches open...
http://cphpost.dk/news/massive-rescu...n-harbour.html Quote:
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08-11-17, 07:55 AM | #8 |
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IIRC the Alvin submersible also sank while being towed and was recovered almost a year later just to be put right back into service. Maybe the sub can be salvaged as well.
@Oberon Welcome back mate, I hope you'll stay this time.
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08-11-17, 07:56 AM | #9 | |
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https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/...fgegangen.html I am very sorry for Peter Madsen. |
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08-11-17, 07:57 AM | #10 | |
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Yeah, ABC News quotes Peter as saying the same:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...hagen-49152539 Quote:
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08-11-17, 11:06 AM | #11 |
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So sad to hear, i hope all are well. Will look for more info.
Only good news is Oberon has surfaced. edit: german link says the journalist left the boat a day before the sinking "Weshalb das U-Boot sank, war zunächst unklar. „Er sagte uns, dass der Journalist, der sich auch an Bord befunden hatte, am Donnerstagabend abgeladen worden sei“, sagte Damgaard der Nachrichtenagentur AP."
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08-11-17, 11:14 AM | #12 |
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It was breaking news in the morning. Saw and heard about it when I changed TV-station to my News Channel.
Have been at work for some hours, I was curious to see how the situation had developed, read the news in Sweden and Denmark, and saw this on a Danish News page (Svensk journalist forsvundet: Ubådsejer sigtet for drab(Danish)= Swedish journalist disappeared: Submarine Owner charged with murder (Peter Madsen er sigtet for drab på den kvinde, der forsvandt fra hans ubåd) = Peter Madsen is charged with the killing of the woman who disappeared from his submarine. Not what I liked to read. I hope there is some kind of misunderstanding. Markus |
08-11-17, 02:23 PM | #13 |
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A marker buoy has been placed over the site of the wreck:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...147715/zoom:14 It's currently being guarded by the Danish navy, and I believe some SAR are in the area. Peter has been arrested from what I can tell, since unfortunately a young Swedish journalist is missing. Peter says that he'd dropped her off at Refshale island before the boat sank so hopefully she'll turn up soon. I believe that the Nautilus isn't down that far, and I think the plan is to try and raise her on Saturday since divers haven't been able to get into her. Danish article translated by google here: https://translate.google.co.uk/trans...3Dcurrent_news |
08-11-17, 02:53 PM | #14 |
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Wow. Speechless. I'm hoping she turns up soon, for her sake and his.
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08-11-17, 03:23 PM | #15 |
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http://gizmodo.com/swedish-journalis...ine-1797750907
The journalist was writing a piece for Wired magazine. No she wasn't, says Wired....
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