Overview
- The Investigative Committee confirmed two deaths and three injuries during hydrodynamic-stand testing at the university in Perm.
- University information states a turbine wheel ruptured and its fragments pierced protective structures.
- Officials corrected earlier conflicting reports that had cited four or five injured.
- The deceased were identified as the head of the factory that produced the tested sample and his 8-year-old daughter.
- Investigators said preliminary findings indicate the part did not withstand the load, and a criminal case for causing death by negligence is underway.