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To: msnimje; george76; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; BurbankKarl; Brad's Gramma
LA Times report here:

Reports: Russian Mini-sub Has Surfaced After Being Trapped For Nearly Three Days

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From Associated Press

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia -- A Russian mini-submarine that was trapped for nearly three days under the Pacific Ocean surfaced Sunday after a British remote-controlled vehicle cut away the undersea cables that had snarled it, news agencies reported.

The AS-28 made an emergency surfacing and appeared on the water at around 4:26 p.m. local time, ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti reported.


A British remote-controlled vehicle on Sunday cut away the cables that had snarled a Russian mini-submarine and its seven-man crew deep under the Pacific Ocean, and rescuers were preparing for the sub to surface, a naval spokesman said.

Capt. Igor Dygalo told The Associated Press that the Super Scorpio had freed the mini-sub from the military antenna that had tangled it some 625 feet below the surface.
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42 posted on 08/06/2005 8:51:39 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hopefully the Brits got "tangled" in the remote antenna and will have to take it home to get it untangled (ahem)
52 posted on 08/06/2005 8:54:46 PM PDT by llevrok (Semper Conservitatus)
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