Russia May Cancel "Kursk" Salvage OperationRussia may terminate the salvage of the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk and its dead sailors after divers' efforts to find bodies in the boat's fourth compartment failed due to bad weather conditions, the Russian Northern Fleet spokesman Vladimir Navrotsky said Tuesday.A meeting is being held on the Norwegian platform Regalia at the disaster area to decide whether the entire salvage operation should be canceled. On Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, the Regalia may leave for Norway, Navrotsky said. Russian divers continued to work on the first deck of the fourth compartment of the submarine Monday night, but only managed to move about two meters inside the submarine due to a visibility of half a meter and dangerous metal breaches everywhere, the Northern Fleet's headquarters said. Tuesday morning, a rougher storm has approached the shipwreck place. Gales and billows forced the divers to suspend their work. The Kursk sank in the Barents Sea during a naval drill on August 12. All of its 118 crew members were killed. |
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