I'm with you JJM, it's a shame it wasn't kept in R+N, I would say it's of interest to a lot of people. There are indeed similarities betweeen aircraft and subs, both being long steel tubes, both have to deal with pressure factors on their hulls and both can climb and descend and of course both need well able and highly skilled crew. But I suppose the moderators would argue that if they let this non-aviation topic on Rumours and News tne that would open the floodgates for all kinds of non-aviation news, so I guess that's fair enough.
Wedge is right, if these men perish because the Russians won't accept outside help, then it is an absoulute disgrace and a crime as such. and please don't anybody start warbling on about national security and "these things happen, that's the Military" these are human beings and deserve the same rights as you and I. The British have their rescue Sub the LR5 standing by at Glsagow airport right now, it's state of the art and I would be very confident of it doing the job. It would attach itself to the escape hatches and ferry the men to the surface. I understand that the communication with the sub consists of the men banging on the hull with hammers, so they don't even know whats going on at the surface, frightening.
I also raised an eyebrow ehen I heard that out of the 100+ crew there were 48 officers.
Come on Russia, save your men.
[This message has been edited by OneWorld22 (edited 15 August 2000).]