Talk:Stranded Russian minisub is trapped by 60 tonne anchor

I removed this from the story since no source was provided and it is not NPOV --Cspurrier 22:00, 6 August 2005 (UTC) In a heroic international effort, a San Diego US C-5a raced there with 40 specialists, two 4 ton 4x8x4ft Super Scorpio ROV's (remotely operated vehicle), a Deep Drone 8000 ROV, that can cut through one inch (3" one report said) of cable, and ultra deep diving suits; and the British Defense Ministry sent a six-man crew and a Scorpio 45 by RAF C-17 transport. Both planes landed by 5:00am EDT Sat morning (Petropavlovsk time is 16 hours later, GMT+12), - these guys can be saved if everything goes perfectly. A KNSD TV crew flying with the plane says because because they are transporting it by Russian ship 100miles, arrival time is 6 hours later; my best estimate presumed a 2 hour helicopter transfer to on site rescue ships, (life) saving 4 hours. Now they say the Brit ROV ship will reach it 4pm Sat- (8am Sun there), the est. 72nd hour of their ordeal (US ROV ship hasn't even left yet! -5pm EDT). Even next door Japanese are pointlessly sending a submersible by ship that won't arrive till Monday or later (via Australia?), though the sailor's air may run out sometime Saturday? They have bitter custody disputes with the Russians over the Kuril Is. just south. Times are EDT unless say "local".

One doesn't really run out of oxygen, one is poisoned by accumulating CO2, with accompanying panic (I've tested the effects of this with a bucket in a bathtub- it isn't pretty). If they have enough lithium or calcium hydroxide canisters, CO2 can be absorbed. In the Kursk, the Ruskies refused help till their boys were long dead (though a handfull only lasted 4-10 hours in the freezing dark half flooded compartment after the experimental supersonic torpedo blew the front of the boat off). This sub has been stuck since training on Thursday morning, while the Russians wasted time dragging lines to pull it into more shallow waters. Pressure at that depth is 19 times surface pressure, some 280 lbs per square inch, so opening external hatch would compress air to 1/19th the volume (if they operate at surface pressure).

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Please add Category:Submarines. Thanks, Bencherlite (talk) 12:53, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ --Pi zero (talk) 12:04, 9 November 2010 (UTC)