Russian Submarine Crew Saved

World | August 7, 2005, Sunday // 00:00

Seven Russians trapped deep in the Pacific for three days have been rescued after their mini-submarine was cut free of nets it was snagged in. They were able to climb out of the vessel unaided when it resurfaced. Fears for their safety had mounted because of dwindling oxygen supplies. Russian officials thanked the UK team whose robot craft enabled the rescue. The vessel, trapped 190m down off the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East, surfaced at 16.26 local time.

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