Race to save mini-submarine crew

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.

How much oxygen remained was unclear. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Viktor Fyodorov was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that the supply would last until sometime Monday. However, he earlier told Russia’s Channel One television that air would last “a little more than 24 hours".