Following the incident, Zateyev and the crew were instructed to keep silent about the accident, and neither the replacement crew for the K-19 nor the families of those who had died were notified.
事故後、ザテエフとクルーは事故について他言しないよう命じられ、事故の件はK-19の交代クルーにも、死亡したクルーの家族にも知らされることはなかった。