PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia (Reuters) - Seven Russians trapped for three days deep in the Pacific with dwindling oxygen were saved with British help on Sunday when rescuers cut their mini-submarine free of tangled cables.
"Today was a very happy event. The intensive work to free our submarine at a depth of 200 metres brought results ... Our comrades in the crew opened the hatch themselves," said Admiral Viktor Fyodorov, commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet.
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