US, UK Airlift Robots To Help With Rescue...

US, UK Airlift Robots To Help With Rescue...

The U.S. and U.K. militaries are airlifting underwater robots to Russia's Far East to try to free seven submariners trapped on the seafloor with less than 24 hours of air.

``The Super Scorpio is in San Diego and expected to leave this morning, local time,'' said Capt. Matt Brown, a spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The Royal Air Force is sending its own Scorpio from Prestwick Airport that should arrive at the accident site by 2:00 a.m. London time, said Anton Atrashkin, spokesman for the British Embassy in Moscow. Peninsula.

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