MOSCOW: Five people died while three sustained injuries after a rocket went off on a naval test range in Russia on Thursday, state nuclear company Rosatom confirmed.
Rostacom said the accident occurred during tests on a liquid propellant rocket engine.
The three injured staff members suffered serious burns in the accident.
Two people died and six were injured in the blast at the site in Nyonoksa, according to authorities.
The company told Russian media that its engineering and technical team had been working on the “isotope power source” for the propulsion system.
(Agencies)
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