Deep Drone - AS-28 Submersible Rescue

AS-28 Submersible Rescue

The U.S. sent a Deep Drone vehicle and a Scorpio vehicle to the location of a Russian Priz class submersible AS-28 which was trapped on the sea floor off the Kamchatka Peninsula on 5 August 2005. The Russian vessel was released from cables trapping it on the sea floor by a British Scorpio ROV prior to the arrival of the Deep Drone. The vehicle was sent on a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston, South Carolina.

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