Mini-submarine AS-28 lifted to the surface at 07:26 a.m. (ALL 7 ALIVE )

Interfax ^ | August 7, 2005

[george76]

Mini-submarine AS-28 lifted to the surface at 07:26 a.m., Moscow time,with all seven crew members

[de Buillion]

"Let's just hope and pray our seven astronauts make it home safe early monday morning. "

AMEN to that from Central TX!

[Gondring]

At last report, the two U.S. Scorpios were still on the way to the scene. It was a UK Scorpio that did the rescue.

Yeah, but when the movie comes out, they'll change it so the Americans got there first.



(U-559/U-571 reference, among others)

[Alberta's Child]

. . . if the Brits and the Russians are there then why are they being examined/treated by a U.S. doctor?

Because the British and Russian health care systems are notorious for their extensive waiting times for basic medical procedures. :-P

[stylin19a]

I was reading an article that some newer subs have escape pods.
Under what conditions could/should these be used ?

Thanx

[Kirkwood]

Break out the vodka!

[vetvetdoug]

I spent a night partying with a group of Russian submariners that were on special duty in Memphis, Tn, in Spring 1992. The Russian Vodka (Stoli) company gave us all we could drink as a courtesy. These guys were great except they taught me to say to every lady I met, Uh vas kras Ivaja grud'!!. A Freeper just last year translated it for me and I now understand why the Russian women slapped me.

[tessalu]

I read that Britian made it there two hours before the USA made it there. This story is slow, and it is coming in so many bits and pieces, and it all should be clearer tomorrow.

[GopherIt]

>why are they being examined/treated by a U.S. doctor?


No one, I mean no one, knows more about diving and submarine medicine than the U.S. Navy. As an Army doc, I couldn't be more proud than when saluting those guys. You can be sure they were there from the gitgo.

[de Buillion]

I have a question for you as a former submariner. What is the maximum depth from which you can just open a hatch and ascend to the surface? Seems like I heard that there is a girl (woman?) who can dive 400 feet, and surface without any breathing apparatus. I also heard that this sub was at 600 feet.

[TAquinas]

LOL!

What does it mean?

Miracle can come true. Alleluya!

[nutmeg]

Wonderful news!

[nutmeg]

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[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I say the same thing about Navy pilots. My hubby has been in the U.S.A.F. for 33 years and I was in for 6 but we both say that Navy pilots and aircraft are superior.

[burzum]

No, everyone died on the Kursk within a few hours. As we've seen in this recent submarine accident, it takes days to bring the technology and equipment to the submarine accident site. Even if the Russians had asked us for help immediately when their submarine went down, their sailors would have been dead for days before we could have breached the hull (assuming we could have even docked--one report lists that the Kursk had a 25 degree down angle and 60 degree roll to starboard in a heavy current with a damaged hatch).

[Kirkwood]

From Answers.com:

The world record for the "No Limits" category of competitive free diving is held by French diver Loic Leferme. On 30 October 2004 he dived to a depth of 171 m, in Villefranche, Nice, France; surpassing his previous record by 9 meters. The current women's record is held by Tanya Streeter, who dived to 160 m (524.8 feet) on 17 August 2002. The unofficial records are held by the late Audrey Mestre (166 m) wife of legend Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras; she drowned whilst trying to set a world record of 171 m (561 feet).

[de Buillion]

I believe that you might have misdirected this reply?

[Kirkwood]

"I say the same thing about Navy pilots. My hubby has been in the U.S.A.F. for 33 years and I was in for 6 but we both say that Navy pilots and aircraft are superior."

Let's not go "overboard" ;^)

[burzum]

I don't know anything about escape pods. I would think they would be unfeasible due to the size of a submarine crew. You would need large pods to be able to ferry 100 or so submariners to the surface. Due to space/weight considerations I couldn't imagine a military submarine implementing them. Perhaps you are talking about an attached mini/rescue-sub. Again for the space/weight considerations and the other items I discussed earlier, I think it would be unfeasible. There have been submarines built with rescue-subs attached, but there is far too little gain.

[llevrok]

The Roooskies will never put decent escape hatches or other emergency devices in their craft. Mission comes first and the crew last. Reckless, by our standards.

[Enterprise]

Thank you. It clarified some questions I have had about submarine rescues. These guys should buy lottery tickets.