International Cooperation Saves Trapped Submariners

James Fisher Rumic Ltd , which operates the British Royal Navy s submarine rescue service, completed a successful four day operation to rescue the Russian Priz AS-28 submersible, saving the lives of seven Russian sailors trapped in the mini-submarine 625ft below the Pacific on the ocean floor off Russias far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. The rescue was achieved with the trapped sailors having fewer than ten hours of air remaining for survival.

The Scorpio 45 cut through cables holding the Russian mini-sub and its crew on the sea floor.

James Fisher Rumic Ltd , which operates the British Royal Navy s submarine rescue service, completed a successful four day operation to rescue the Russian Priz AS-28 submersible, saving the lives of seven Russian sailors trapped in the mini-submarine 625ft below the Pacific on the ocean floor off Russias far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. The rescue was achieved with the trapped sailors having fewer than ten hours of air remaining for survival.