 | Sunken Russian "Kursk" Submarine: Relatives of sailors on the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk are led by Navy officers down the steps from an airplane as they arrive in Murmansk, the home of Russia's Northern Fleet, Monday, Aug. 21, 2000. Some 75 family members arrived on a special charter flight from Moscow, just hours after Norwegian rescuers announced that they determined the submarine was completely flooded and there was no hope of finding any survivors. click to open  |
 | Sunken Russian "Kursk" Submarine: A navy official checks names of relatives of sailors on the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk, before departing for Murmansk at Vnukovo airport in Moscow, Monday, Aug. 21, 2000. Some 80 relatives of the crew of the sunken submarine took a special flight provided by the Russian government from Moscow to Murmansk on Monday. Rescue teams abandoned efforts Monday to find survivors in a sunken Russian submarine after determining that all of the 118 crew members had perished in the flooded vessel. click to open |
 | Sunken Russian "Kursk" Submarine: The Northern Fleet spokesman Vladimir Navrotsky answers journalists' questions at a news conference in Murmansk, August 21, 2000. Norwegian officials said on today that none of the 118 crew of the sunken Kursk submarine had survived an accident nine days ago after divers found the vessel flooded. click to open |
 | Sunken Russian "Kursk" Submarine: Taisia Paramonenko, mother of warrant officer V. Paramonenko from the sunken submarine Kursk, grieves as she arrives in Murmansk August 21, 2000. Norwegian divers said they believed all of the 118 crew were dead after entering the main part of the vessel and finding it flooded. click to open |
 | Sunken Russian "Kursk" Submarine: Relatives of a sailor from the sunken Kursk submarine grieve as they arrive in Murmansk August 21, 2000. Norwegian divers said they believed all of the 118 crew were dead after entering the main part of the vessel and finding it flooded. click to open |
 | Sunken Russian "Kursk" Submarine: A relative of a sailor from the sunken Kursk submarine cries as she sits in a bus at Moscow's Vnukovo I airport prior to flying to Murmansk August 21, 2000. Norwegian divers said on Monday they believed all of the 118 crew of Russia's stricken submarine Kursk were dead after entering the main part of the vessel and finding it flooded. click to open |
 | 2000 Russian Sub Accident: This May, 2000 file picture shows the Kursk nuclear submarine docked at the Vidyaevo naval base. Norwegian officials said on August 21, 2000 that none of the 118 crew of the sunken Kursk submarine had survived an accident nine days ago after divers found the vessel flooded. click to open |
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