A British scientist and her American pilot made an emergency ascent from 100 metres beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean on Tuesday after smoke filled the cockpit of their submersible.
The pair with the British-led Nekton Mission investigating climate change off the Seychelles was safe and recovering on the mother ship. An electrical fire was being investigated.
The sub was off Aldabra Island when pilot Robert Carmichael smelled smoke and immediately began to ascend. He told The Associated Press he quickly fitted breathing masks to his passenger, Molly Rivers, and himself. He began an emergency rise to the surface as the oxygen indicator fell to zero. The Nekton Mission is documenting changes taking place beneath the Indian Ocean that could affect billions of people in the surrounding region over the coming decades.
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