12 August, 2017
A Danish inventor has been charged with the murder of a Swedish journalist who police said had been on his submarine before it was wrecked on Friday.
Owner and builder of u-boat, Danish entrepreneur and inventor Peter Madsen, jumped into water and survived ordeal.
Anna Göransson, a spokesperson from the police in Scania, told Aftonbladet that the woman had been on board and had been reported missing by her boyfriend.
Police said the submarine was found on the seabed in Koge Bay, south of Copenhagen, at a depth of seven metres.
The submarine is considered to be the largest private submarine in the world and was built by Madsen in 2008 after he launched a crowdfunding campaign.
The submarine, UC3 Nautilus, is almost 18-metres long, and one of three constructed by Madsen and funded by crowdsourcing.
The submarine, Nautilus, departed from Copenhagen on Thursday evening and was supposed to return the same night.
Madsen said "a minor problem with a ballast tank" - a compartment that holds water to provide stability - "turned into a major issue" that ultimately caused the submarine to sink. "But I guess that was pretty good because I otherwise still would have been down there".
A Swedish woman journalist, who had been on board the "Nautilis" submarine, is missing.
Police say it has not been possible, however, to inspect the vessel and they may have to tow it to a port to do so.
"The undersea world is close, it's handsome, always just around the corner in Denmark".
"A radio contact was established for the boat, which, according to the owner, was heading towards the harbor", the police statement said.
Mr Madsen escaped the sinking submarine on a private boat and told Denmark's TV2 channel there had been a problem with a ballast tank.
Danish media reported police sent divers down to the submarine.
Lisa Leff contributed from London.
