You know how a pilot escapes a crashing airplane, but what do you do when a submarine goes under? These are the numerous ways sailors have had to seek safety.

Designed to be indestructible, the Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk met a tragic fate in 2000 when an explosion sent it crashing to the ocean floor. With no way to escape, its crew faced an ...

Submarines are fraught with danger, especially in times of war. Often tasked with operating solo or in pairs, submarines end ...

And this 1953 United States Navy training film describes two ways to do so: collective escape via rescue chamber, and individual escape using SEAs. The film first follows a fellow named [Baxter ...

The Four Chaplains Day observance, Feb. 3, 2025, marks 82 years since Fox, Washington, Poling and Goode selflessly sacrificed ...

There were even suggestions, based on a declassified CIA document, that Adolf Hitler had used the submarine to escape. Disappointingly for conspiracy theory enthusiasts, the team that found the ...

After November 17, when an Argentine notification on the launch of a search and rescue operation appeared at the homepage of the International Submarine Escape and Rescue Liaison Office [ISMERLO ...

They also learn the techniques they must employ if they have to escape from a submarine and ascend to the ocean surface inside a trainer known as the Pressurized Submarine Escape Trainer or PSET.

When a military submarine is disabled (often referred to as DISSUB) while submerged, the crew of the vessel have two options. They can either wait for rescue crews to arrive or they can escape on ...