Kursk catastrophe
The footage presents underwater filming of the Kursk submarine lifting operation which was carried out after the Kursk had sank in August 2000 killing all 118 crew members. Also filmed are shores of the Barents sea, details of the wreck, Russian nuclear submarines, vessels that accompanied the barge and wrecked submarine, crews of military ships at work.
Twenty-six steel cables attached from a Dutch-owned Giant 4 barge to the 18,000-ton vessel prised the wreckage out of the seabed mud. It had been planned to raise the Kursk on September 15, but the operation has been repeatedly delayed by storms and technical problems.
The submarine was successfully raised from the seabed. The Kursk's reactors have been safely shut down and did not threaten the lifting operation. The Russian navy also removed the remains of the crew and 22 Granit supersonic cruise missiles. A Russian investigatory commission still hesitates on the cause of the tragedy. The submarine was latched to the bottom of the barge for transport to a dry dock near Murmansk, Russia, where it was examined.
