ALL DEAD; 118 crew doomed on stricken Russian submarine
STEVE MARTINRUSSIAN officials said last night that all 118 sailors on board the Kursk are presumed dead - just as British rescuers arrived at the stricken nuclear submarine.
Vice-admiral Mikhail Motsak of the Russian North Fleet said: "It is the gravest disaster in the history of the submarine fleet. Our worst expectations have come true."
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