The Wall Street Journal Online in its article Russian Mini-Submarine, Seven-Member Crew Rescued (subscription required) reports that the Russian sailors have been saved.
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia -- A Russian mini-submarine that was trapped for nearly three days in the Pacific Ocean surfaced Sunday with all seven people aboard alive after a British remote-controlled vehicle cut away the undersea cables that had trapped it.
All seven aboard the AS-28 mini-submarine 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," Rear Adm. Vladimir Pepelyayev, deputy head of the naval general staff, told reporters. "Preliminary indications are that their condition is satisfactory."
"I can only thank our English colleagues for their joint work and the help they gave in order to complete this operation within the time we had available - that is, before the oxygen reserves ran out," he said.
A similar story can be found in The New York Times Online All 7 Men Alive as Russian Submarine Is Raised (free registration required)
This is absolutely fantastic news. I hope that the sailors are recovering well after their ordeal.
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