MaxedOutMama
Saturday, August 06, 2005
The Brits Did It!
Newsday/AP:
Seven people on board a submarine trapped for nearly three days under the Pacific Ocean were rescued Sunday after a British remote-controlled vehicle cut away the undersea cables that had snarled their vessel, allowing it to surface.I can only imagine just how thankful they were to be out of there. Let's hope this is a good omen for the shuttle, which should be landing 4:46 AM Monday, weather permitting. I can't believe they are planning to send another one up in September.
The seven, whose oxygen supplies had been dwindling amid underwater temperatures in the mid-40s, appeared to be in satisfactory condition, naval spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo said. They were examined in the clinic of a naval ship, then transferred to a larger vessel to return to the mainland.
"The crew opened the hatch themselves, exited the vessel and climbed aboard a speedboat," said Rear Adm. Vladimir Pepelyayev, deputy head of the naval general staff.
