On the newest British aircraft carrier emergency fire system worked

January 31 2018 40

The aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, included on December 7 as part of the British Navy, will not leave Portsmouth for scheduled two-month running trials, possibly due to an unexpected response of the fire extinguishing system, reports TASS message of the newspaper Evening Standard.

According to the newspaper, referring to a naval source, "the incident occurred on Sunday, and experts are trying to figure out the cause of the sprinklers." According to the information, "the flow of water into the aircraft carrier was insignificant and the consequences of the incident were quickly eliminated."

At the end of last year, the ship, which became the flagship of the royal fleet, found a leak in the seal of one of the mechanisms.

A shaft seal problem was identified during the Queen Elizabeth marine test. Its removal is scheduled while parked in Portsmouth,

then told the representative of the Navy, who assured that this damage will not make changes to the test schedule.

The aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth first entered the sea 26 June 2017 of the year. Its displacement reaches 65000 t, the length of the ship is 282,9 m, the width is 75 m and the draft is 9,9 m. The construction of the ship took more than 8 years and cost £ 3,1 billion ($ 4,1 billion).

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Safevi

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31 January 2018 12: 15

So what? It worked, then everything is in order! Soon they will write that the captain sneezed, and this will mean that the aircraft carrier is worthless?
1. Evil543
  
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  31 January 2018 12: 21
  
  Just think, they took a shower, someone from above thought about their hygiene
  1. Shurik70
    
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    31 January 2018 12: 55
    
    It is better to let it work non-standardly than not to work properly.
    Normal work situation.
    1. Per se.
      
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      31 January 2018 13: 41
      
      Quote: Shurik70
      It is better to let it work non-standardly than not to work properly.
      Well, this is how to say, if you recall the events of 2008 of the year ...
      8 November in 20: 30 in the Far East time an accident occurred on a nuclear submarine of the Pacific Fleet.
      During factory trials in the Sea of Japan, an automatic fire extinguishing system did not work on board a submarine. In the submarine compartments were 208 people, 127 of them - civilian specialists. The accident affected two submarine nasal compartments. As a result of the release of freon, which is used in the fire extinguishing system, three soldiers and 17 civilians were killed. 21 man was hospitalized with poisoning, reports Lenta.ru
  2. Boa kaa
    
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    1 February 2018 01: 50
    
    Quote: Evil543
    Just think, they took a shower, someone from above thought about their hygiene
    
    Not fatal for people .. But salt water for appliances and electrical appliances ... not ICE! However, anything happens in the Navy. They will figure it out and punish those who are caught.
    1. bk316
      
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      1 February 2018 17: 57
      
      For people, not deadly ..
      
      What kind of system is it about K-152 remember?
      By any means, most automatic systems are very unhealthy
      1. prosto_rgb
        
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        1 February 2018 22: 52
        
        Quote: bk316
        What kind of system is it about K-152 remember?
        By any means, most automatic systems are very unhealthy
        
        it’s just that local gas cutters replaced regular gas with something that was closer and cheaper
2. Terenin
  
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  31 January 2018 12: 27
  
  It is in this way that the Western media act in relation to us and do not give a damn about objectivity. Only the creation of a negative field around everything that relates to Russia.
  From myself I’ll add, what a horror, even normal sprinklers cannot deliver!
  1. Galleon
    
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    1 February 2018 17: 56
    
    Judging by the photo - the system in the hangar is not a sprinkler, but a deluge. The sprinkler works like a water lock in a wet pipeline system. The deluge system is dry, a fire signal starts the fire pump and water blows through each deluge (spray) - which we see in the photo. Either some woodpecker pushed someone else’s button, or a false alarm occurred.
3. vlad66
  
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  31 January 2018 12: 30
  
  Quote: sefevi
  Soon they will write that the captain sneezed, and this will mean that the aircraft carrier is worthless?
  
  Absolutely spit on this aircraft carrier and its captain, even if it all leaks, and the captain runs out.
  1. Anarchist
    
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    31 January 2018 12: 37
    
    Quote: vlad66
    let the whole leak and the captain dry up (die)
    
    The worse they do, the more money they will spend!
    1. Svarog51
      
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      31 January 2018 13: 43
      
      Sanya, welcome Something I did not understand. A fire alarm and an automatic fire extinguishing system worked (well, maybe a couple of cranks in the wrong place jammed a joint), but they write about the fact that outboard water came in.
      1. san4es
        
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        31 January 2018 14: 05
        
        Quote: Svarog51
        ... write about the fact that sea water came.
        
        Healthy ... Foam more fun:
        
        ... and bromine in general death
        
        Svarog51
        
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        31 January 2018 14: 16
        
        Hi Sanya Maybe this was not satisfied with the start-up, I decided to punish the negligent so?
4. siberalt
  
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  31 January 2018 12: 31
  
  Yes, turn it off, this system will live calmer.
  1. Dedall
    
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    31 January 2018 19: 49
    
    Expensive siberalt, in our hospital in the winter the same problem arises - patients smoke in toilets and halls, and there the same alarm system. Almost every day, and sometimes 2 times a day, howling begins. Then there is a wise guy that somehow cunningly disconnects the wires and the sensor turns off. But the fire inspector is cunning and when the code sees that an alarm has not been received by the O1 console for several days, it comes and fines. And there is nothing to be done, because the patient cannot be kicked out - at once the howl will rise and it will not work to be fined either, since he has no money. Here is the staff and pays for idiots with cigarettes.
    1. Geterosigma
      
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      1 February 2018 12: 10
      
      so it’s necessary not to treat those who smoke. And why he is treated if he does not want to live
5. Zhelezyakin
  
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  31 January 2018 13: 17
  
  It worked and it’s good. However, the desire of this vessel to choke onboard water (this is the second wet incident) is alarming. Yes, and excessive nervousness with depresnyak all superstitious servants on board are provided ...
6. Vkd dvk
  
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  1 February 2018 01: 41
  
  Quote: sefevi
  So what? It worked, then everything is in order! Soon they will write that the captain sneezed, and this will mean that the aircraft carrier is worthless?
  
  There are different fire extinguishing systems. And they are used simultaneously on the same ship, but in its different departments. There is a very good, acting instantly and super reliable. But certainly reliably killing all who are there, who did not take protective actions. (Not from a fire, but from a fire extinguishing system). This is a gas system that fills the volume of a room affected by a fire with gas that does not support combustion, for example, freon. Do not use water, foam, powder in a room with an electrician. But to extinguish gas is the very thing.
  So, before you get excited, you need to study the materiel a bit.
7. Geterosigma
  
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  1 February 2018 12: 06
  
  Yes, you just don’t understand that such news at VO always collects a bunch of adult uncles with children's jokes and emoticons, I haven’t even read the comments yet, but I’m sure there are plenty of them. We look.
8. bk316
  
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  1 February 2018 18: 00
  
  It worked, then everything is in order
  
  Yeah, that's when you have it in the server room (if you have it of course), but at least it will work in the office, try to say it.
9. Pacifist
  
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  1 February 2018 18: 03
  
  Another question is which circuit worked. In general, the emergency response of emergency systems is no less than a system failure. Damage to equipment, casualties among crew and civilian personnel can occur.
  In principle, I wanted to spit on them, even if they’re sinking at the pier, but I don’t see the grudge about this point. Any complex technique can fail, especially at the stage of testing and refinement.
Berkut

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31 January 2018 12: 22

I would like to receive weekly (at least) reports on all failures or abnormal operation of equipment in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
1. loginovich
  
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  31 January 2018 12: 33
  
  Then you ask to extend the day, because 24 hours will not be enough to read them.
2. Vkd dvk
  
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  1 February 2018 01: 45
  
  Quote: Golden Eagle
  I would like to receive weekly (at least) reports on all failures or abnormal operation of equipment in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
  
  Do you want to have someone else's wallet and keys to the safe?
afrikanez

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31 January 2018 12: 23

Build a colander for $ 4 billion, you still have to try!
AVA77

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31 January 2018 12: 24

The queen has critical days again
ZAV69

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31 January 2018 12: 28

And what is not clear here, Russian hackers launched the system.
win

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31 January 2018 12: 28

I didn’t screw one screw
I didn’t twist one twist ...
Marriage in production is everywhere ...
HEATHER

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31 January 2018 12: 35

Has it worked? So, they’re learning. We’ll sit, sing and sing.! There are braves, guys!
Egorovich

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31 January 2018 12: 35

That's cool that the fire extinguishing system worked falsely. It would be very bad if the system did not work in case of fire. Such a byak everywhere can happen to everyone.
1. Svarog51
  
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  31 January 2018 14: 03
  
  Alexander, welcome Or maybe it wasn’t a false positive. I smoked some kind of woodpecker in the wrong place and received in response a "shower" from the ASP. Try to prove it now, and he will be silent like a fish.
  1. Egorovich
    
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    31 January 2018 15: 14
    
    Greetings! The sprinkler head itself can still work, there are thousands of them on the aircraft carrier. Yes, in principle, this is an ordinary matter, they simply made a sensation out of an ordinary case.
2. Vkd dvk
  
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  1 February 2018 01: 49
  
  Quote: Egorovich
  That's cool that the fire extinguishing system worked falsely. It would be very bad if the system did not work in case of fire. Such a byak everywhere can happen to everyone.
  
  It happens the other way around. The machine gun worked, filed Freon (gas fire extinguishing system) into the room and killed hundreds of those present there who did not wear insulating gas masks. The machine did not work. But sooner or later (on the ship, quickly), people will manually put out the fire. Maybe from such a failure of the automaton the losses will be incomparably smaller.
mvg

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31 January 2018 13: 08

Still, a beautiful bowl. For the F-35, that’s it. Even an ugly springboard does not spoil the overall impression. A good looming AUG. The Queen, Daringi, Type-26, and a couple of Astyudas below. They would still stick AWACS there ... and the Falklands forever them. Given the economy of Argentina.
owl

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31 January 2018 13: 24

For some reason, I immediately remembered the incident on the K-152 submarine as a result of which 20 people were killed, but this doesn’t happen to anyone, but on Queen Elizabeth this is of course just carelessness
Grigory_45

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31 January 2018 20: 02

Will we now be informed of every incident on the Queen? But how soon does the commander's ashtray fill up or does the officer latrine clog?
miracle3213

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31 January 2018 20: 20

It is written that the sprinkler system worked. This is a pipe under constant water pressure, a lockable flask into which special fluid is pumped. If the flask is heated, then it will burst and water will pour. Pure mechanics. The most common reason for false triggering is that they hooked the flask over something (smashed).
petrol cutter

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31 January 2018 21: 13

It worked and worked. What's so supernatural? The ship is new, in the process of debugging. What is the reason for the rally?!.
CAT BAIYUN

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31 January 2018 22: 25

Well, it worked and worked ... Shoals are for everyone.
But now they called it a trough ... in the name of an old hag who had already become a sort of rarity ..
And in Britain there are no worthy personalities anymore?
Well, this ship will be the same rarity ... The old people always creak, leak, break. They are naughty - like small children ...