Broken Saw Cable Halts Work on Submarine
Workers using a remote-controlled saw began cutting through the sunken Kursk’s mangled bow but had to stop when a cable broke, delaying a crucial stage in the operation to raise the Russian submarine.
The saw sliced 5 feet into the steel hull before a cable guiding its chain of teeth ran across a rock and broke, officials said. Divers and technicians using remote-controlled submersible vehicles were working to fix the problem, but it was not clear how long the repair might take.
The delay was the latest of several setbacks in the ambitious international operation to lift the massive submarine from the floor of the Barents Sea, where it has sat since it sank in August 2000, killing all 118 men aboard.
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