TRAPPED RUSSIAN SUB HAS RESURFACED: ALL 7 SURVIVED

[Bluebear]

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago

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. The condition of the vessel's seven-member crew was not immediately known, though naval officials had been in regular contact with the crew, who faced dwindling oxygen and chilly temperatures.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050807/ap_on_re_eu/russia_navy_accident&printer=1

edit: CNN reports all 7 survived.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. GOOD, seven Submariners are going home

[Skink]

4. See the good that can happen even despite W.

Clinton presided over a time when the U.S. finally could usher peace to much of the world. N/T.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

2. Great News :)

Thanks Bluebear ^5

Here's to hoping the crew is alive and well :toast:

[Bluebear]

7. Cheers SCE!

I couldn't think of a more agonizing situation than this for those poor submariners!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Just don't do what I did, and click on "discuss"

The Morans are a buzzkill and a half :banghead:

[Bluebear]

17. Too late. They're already thanking "W" for the rescue.

:banghead:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

22. Damn my slow typing fingers!

Both of them !!

:D

[achtung_circus]

3. There has been a rather weird, 600+ post thread at FR

on this matter here:
<http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1458425/posts?q=1&&page=626#626>
which seems to demonstrate just how fucked a good proportion of the posters there really are.

[warrens]

8. OMG, you gotta see THIS post about Fox

To: alancarp

"That's my complaint about Fox on the weekends -- lots of taped shows and breaking items only in snippets on the half hour or so."

I stopped watching them 2-3 years ago. They're the tabloid of Networks.

I can get my independent news analyisis from radio and the Internet. No need to listen to leftist neocons spreading their anti-American agenda.

639 posted on 08/06/2005 8:42:48 PM PDT by TAquinas (Demographics has consequences.)

LEFTIST NEOCONS???

[txindy]

29. What? You didn't know that about Fox?! They're really leftists.

:rofl:

[Erika]

10. I read about 50 of their posts

They remind me of Jabberwocky.

[Erika]

5. Yes!!!

Condi and W, this is how peace is accomplished. Through help thy neighbor and common bonds.

Dr. Savage, stuff your hate-filled remarks.

[warrens]

6. That is really good news. Horrible way to die

Congrats to all involved.

[H5N1]

40. Yes. What a relief to hear they are OK.

[tocqueville]

9. Trapped sub surfaces, crew safe

A Russian mini-submarine with seven trapped crew members has surfaced Sunday from the Pacific depths where it had been stuck since Thursday, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. All seven crew members are alive, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet has confirmed.

http://edition.cnn.com/

[beam me up scottie]

12. Finally some good news.

Way to go Brits!!!
:applause:
Thanks for posting.

[proud patriot]

13. Excellent

:thumbsup:

[Liberal In Texas]

14. Thanks for the post Bluebear...nice to have some good news for a change.

Checking out the latest though (this appears to be 1 hour old):

Some unexpected problems seem to have appeared Sunday morning, after British Scorpio 45 underwater vehicle was done cutting the entanglements that ensnared the vessel on the Pacific seabed. According to Captain Alexander Kosolapov, spokesman for the Russian Pacific Fleet, the Scorpio had to be lifted because of some damage it suffered during the rescue operation, and the task of cleaning the Russian mini-sub from fishing nets had been left unfinished.

This new development prevents the rescue team from lifting the AS-28 mini submarine with 7 crew members on board: Navy specialists say, that the mini-sub has to be cleared of all entanglements for safe emersion. “Any remaining parts of the nets should be removed, and the mini-sub should be cleaned entirely before it’s lifted”, — the Interfax agency quotes Kosolapov as saying.

-http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/07/delay.shtml

[Liberal In Texas]

21. OK...the submariners are OUT !

Found this on the BBC site:

The seven-man crew, who had faced low temperatures and dwindling oxygen, are all alive and were able to climb out of the submarine unaided.

[tabasco]

15. Yaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:toast: :party: :toast: :party:

[xxqqqzme]

16. 7 trapped underwater &

2 astronauts repairing their lifeline, for the benfit of all on board, out in space. That is an amazing stretch for 2 stories of rescue.

[Submariner]

18. A submarine story with a good ending for a change

Glad to hear it.

[Bluebear]

19. BREAKING: Rove to outfit Bush in scuba diver outfit for comments

"Thank ya, thank ya, it was the least ah could do."

[SalmonChantedEvening]

20. LMAO

:rofl:

Imagine that simian lope in flippers and a snorkel

*snort*

[Liberal In Texas]

23. Don't forget the cod-piece in the wet suit ! n/t

[Bluebear]

24. Only to suit the situation it will be a real cod! nt

[Liberal In Texas]

26. That's if they can find any cod left in the ocean...since we've allowed

them to be fished almost to extinction.

[montana_hazeleyes]

47. LOL!

:rofl:

[txindy]

31. I had already imagined him taking credit for this.

Chimpy in a wetsuit is not an image I want burned on to my retinas for life, however.

;)

[Gemini Cat]

25. Finally!

Good news at last!!

[SoCalDem]

27. Great news.. But my question is this..

Why is the ocean bottom so horribly littered with crap that will undoubtedly snag another one someday??

[Liberal In Texas]

34. There are tons of fishing nets on the ocean floor. These things are miles

long and if a trawler gets one caught they cut them and they find their way to the floor in time. These nets also kill countless sea life that the fishermen don't intend to catch.

Also, I read someplace, but can't find it at the moment, that the sub was snagged by an underwater military antenna. We also (and the Sov's et al.) have laid miles of cable on the ocean floor for military purposes.

On edit found this:

The AS-28, itself a rescue vessel, got its propeller tangled in metal cords from the antenna of an electronic underwater monitoring station -- part of Russia's coastal defenses -- during military exercises.

from - http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-08-07T041539Z_01_N07267493_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-RUSSIA-SUBMARINE-DC.XML

[petronius]

41. I think they were near this thing deliberately

probably trying to get as close as possible and got too close. Even though there is a ton of stuff on the sea floor only a miniscule bit of the total area is affected, and my uninformed guess is that subs really are in much more danger of hitting/snagging stuff on the surface...

[txindy]

28. Great news!!!!!!!!!!

So much better than the last Russian sub accident.

Thanks for the update! My kids and I have been pulling for them.

[FreedomAngel82]

30. Great news!

I'm happy for them!

[SammyWinstonJack]

32. Awesome!

Great news!

[Gloria]

33. Putin must sighing with relief....they lost 118 (?) in that sub

accident just a couple of years ago.....

[solinvictus]

37. The Kursk..

Yep, it was horrible. I'm glad these sailors came home safe.

[longship]

35. Hoooray for all who were involved.

:thumbsup: :bounce: :applause:

[Lecky]

36. Excellent News!

I'm sure their families are overcome with relief and joy. What a nightmare!

[SunDrop23]

38. That is good news.

[Warren DeMontague]

39. Finally, a story with a happy ending.

That's great! :woohoo:

[petronius]

42. I'm guessing those guys will stay out of tight spaces for a while

I can't imaging how that felt, especially with the Kursk a recent memory...

[Mr_Spock]

43. Yay!

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

44. That's good... ! :)

[Tsiyu]

45. When nations help one another

there is shared joy.

What a novel idea?!?!?!?!

[fortyfeetunder]

46. 7 from Inner space vs 7 from outer space

Just elated the 7 sailors were brought home safely from the depths of inner space.

But I want the Discovery astronauts to return home safely too!

[AtomicKitten]

48. Don't know why

but I followed this pretty closely. It seemed like an important international effort. I only wish the Russians had called for help and not let 118 die in the sub the last time.