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British and Norwegian Rescue Team to Arrive Near Sunken Russian Sub Late Saturday

Aired August 17, 2000 - 11:17 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Depending on which reports you pay attention to, apparently there may not be any signs of life on board that crippled Russian sub. But still, efforts to save those on board continue at this hour.

For an update now we go to Moscow and CNN's Mike Hanna who's standing by live with more from there now -- Mike.

MIKE HANNA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bill, still no news of anything that is happening aboard that submarine, or if indeed, there are any signs of life aboard the Kursk, which is over 300 feet below the surface of the ocean. But the Russians are continuing their rescue efforts.

In this exclusive video obtained by CNN, the fleet of Russian vessels, in position above the submarine Kursk, more than 20 vessels in the vicinity. And the Russians are continuing, they say, rescue operations throughout the day and throughout the night.

But after days of trying to go it alone, they have now accepted outside assistance. And on their way to the rescue site are members of a British rescue team. Earlier on this day, the rescue team loading their mini-submarine, this is an LR-5, aboard a ship in the Norwegian port of Trondheim. They will sail across the sea to the position where the accident took place, probably be in place late Saturday.

The British ministry of defense had some encouraging news. They say that having studied the video provided or obtained from the Russian rescue vessels, the submarine is not as at sharp an incline as was first thought. It is far more upright, say British defense officials. It's sitting on the ocean floor at some 20 degrees rather than 60 degrees. What all this means, say the British officials, is that it would be easier for the British rescue craft to actually get to the rear end of the submarine, which apparently is less damaged than the front end, in an attempt to get the crew out of that submarine.

But as to the state of the crew, well, quite simply, nobody knows. The Russians say that there has been no communication in recent days. And some intelligence, U.S. intelligence sources say that there may not have been any communication at any stage. But the rescue attempts are going ahead. And they will intensify this weekend when a British rescue team, along with 12 Norwegian divers arrives on the site to help the Russians -- Bill.

HEMMER: All right, Mike, Mike Hanna from Moscow, thank you.

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