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    Submarine Owner, Peter Madsen, Charged With Manslaughter After Journalist Goes Missing, & Then His Sub Sinks At Sea

    Sorry about the title, I really didn't know how to word it. This is probably the only missing person's case in the world that will involve a privately owned sub

    The journalist hasn't been named yet. Apparently her boyfriend called police when she didn't return as expected. An air & sea search began for the sub, during the search Peter Madsen failed to respond to all attempts at radio contact. Eventually the sub was spotted & then radio contact was made.


    30 mins later it suddenly & unexpectedly sank.


    Peter Madsen claims there was a ballast issue & he had no time to react. He was rescued & claimed he had no idea she was missing. His story is that he dropped her back as planned & he doesn't have any idea where she could be.

    They're currently working on getting a salvage team to retrieve the sub because it was unsafe for divers to enter when they found it

    http://www.dw.com/en/danish-diy-subm...ter/a-40064090

    Danish DIY submarines sinks, inventor Peter Madsen arrested on suspicion of manslaughter


    Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been arrested after his giant homemade submarine sunk with a passenger inexplicably missing. The submarine ignored radio contact and only sunk after it was found by searching authorities.



    The Danish owner of a huge DIY submarine was arrested on manslaughter charges after his craft sunk, and a journalist who was possibly on board disappeared, Copenhagen police announced on Friday.

    Peter Madsen built the world's largest homemade submarine in 2008 after crowdfunding the cost. The 40-ton, 18-meter-long (60 feet) craft named UC3 Nautilus was his third submarine project.

    The 46-year-old was voyaging off the coast of Denmark with a Swedish journalist who local media said was doing a story on the sub, when they went missing.


    According to the police timeline, on Thursday at about 7 p.m. local time, the sub departed Refshale Island, a former industrial shipyard transformed into a creative hub, for what was supposed to be a short trip.

    But when they did not return, the journalist's boyfriend alerted authorities at about 2.30 a.m., prompting a wide search.



    The sunken craft was Madsen's third and largest submarine project in 2008


    Craft sinks after being spotted

    Two helicopters and three ships scoured the Baltic Sea waters between Copenhagen and the island of Bornholm. Eventually a lighthouse in Koge Bay, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of Copenhagen, spotted the craft at 10.30 a.m. on Friday.

    "A radio contact was established for the boat, which, according to the owner, was heading towards the harbor," the police statement said. But 30 minutes later "the submarine suddenly sank and the owner was subsequently rescued on a private motorboat sailing him in port."


    Local broadcaster TV2 aired footage of Madsen getting off the private boat and giving a thumbs-up sign, but the journalist was nowhere to be seen.
    Madsen told authorities he had dropped her off back at their departure point at about 10.30 p.m.

    "Whether the woman was on board the submarine at the time of her disappearance is unclear," Danish police said without naming her.


    Ignored radio contact

    When asked why he did not respond to radio contact earlier in the day, Madsen told them he had had technical problems, Danish navy spokesman Anders Damgaard told The Associated Press.

    Before his arrest Madsen told TV2 that the submarine sank when a minor ballast problem rapidly escalated and sunk the boat.

    "It took about 30 seconds for Nautilus to sink, and I couldn't close any hatches or anything," he said. "But I guess that was pretty good, because I otherwise still would have been down there."

    "I am fine, but sad because Nautilus went down."
    Police located the wreck several meters below the surface but divers were unable to safely enter it. They were hoping to tow it to port on Saturday and then search inside.

    Copenhagen Deputy Police Inspector Jens Moller Jensen said investigators were looking for witnesses who may have seen the woman after the time Madsen reported she disembarked.
    Madsen was due to appear in court on Saturday.
    aw/ng (AP, AFP)
    Last edited by blighted star; 08-12-2017 at 01:35 AM.

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