Igor Spassky, the designer of the Kursk said the 23 crew members had a chance to get out, but apparently couldn't do because of injuries. 库尔斯克号的设计者Spassky说这23个船员有机会逃离，但是显然由于潜艇损伤而未能脱险。

Sailors huddling in the sunken submarine Kursk struggled against carbon monoxide from a fire, according to a second note found on one of the crewmen’s bodies, a government official said today.
　　Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov read part of the note after a meeting of the commission investigating the Aug. 12 disaster.
　　The note was written around 1 p.m. that day, Klebanov said, about an hour and a half after the submarine was torn apart by explosions and sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea. All 118 aboard died.

库尔斯克号上的第二封遗书

　　俄罗斯一名政府官员今天透露，第二封在库尔斯克号潜艇遇难官兵身上发现的字条表明，在第一次爆炸中幸免的潜艇官兵曾力图阻止船上的一氧化碳引发火灾。
　　俄罗斯副总理克列巴诺夫今天在这场8月12日发生的灾难调查会后念了这张字条的一部分内容。
　　克列巴诺夫说，这个字条是在当天下午1点写下的，大约在库尔斯克号被爆炸撕裂沉没到巴伦斯海海底的一个半小时之后，船上的118名官兵全部遇难。