DOCUMENTARY SUBMARINE RESCUE BBC1, 9pm.Byline: by Jane Simon WHEN the Russian mini-submarine, the Priz became trapped 620 feet down in August last year, the world feared that it would suffer the same tragic fate as the men who died on the Kursk Kursk (k  rsk), city (1989 pop. 424,000), capital of Kursk region, W European Russia, at the confluence of the Tuskor and Seim rivers. five years earlier.
Then, Russian president Vladimir Vladimir (vlədyē`mĭr), city (1989 pop. 350,000), capital of Vladimir region, W central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. A rail junction, it has industries producing machinery, chemicals, cotton textiles, and plastics. Putin refused to accept international help until it was too late. This time, the British Navy didn't wait and flew out to Russia even before they were even asked. This dramatic reconstruction features exclusive interviews with the Russian crewmen and never before-seen footage taken onboard the rescue ship as it follows the agonising race against time - and red tape - to free the seven trapped men before their oxygen runs out. Even though we now know the outcome was a happy one, it's a tense and claustrophobic claus·tro·pho·bic adj. 1. a. Relating to or suffering from claustrophobia. b. Uncomfortably closed or hemmed in. 2. experience. CAPTION(S): SAVED: The Russian crew |
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