A British remote-controlled vehicle cut loose a Russian mini-submarine that had been snarled on undersea cables for three days deep in the Pacific, and it surfaced today with its crew safe.

A Russian mini-submarine that was trapped for nearly three days under the Pacific Ocean surfaced today after a remote-controlled vehicle cut away the undersea cables that had snarled it.

An international effort is underway to rescue seven people trapped aboard a Russian mini-submarine off the Pacific coast.

Crews are racing to save a Russian mini-submarine trapped in the remote Pacific with seven sailors on board and oxygen supplies dwindling, navy officials said today.

Russian news agencies have reported that Japan is to send four ships to help rescue seven Russian sailors trapped on a naval mini-submarine on the sea floor off the Pacific Coast.