80 divers will search for the black boxes of AirAsia Flight 8501
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Looks like shallow water....that should make the investigation fairly easy. I wonder how far spread the wreckage is?
Pinecube
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Towards the end of this Yahoo article they say the area has a relativly flat bottom and is 30m-ish deep. Though, like any news article nowadays, I'm not sure how much of that is fact and how much is guesswork.
Investigation fairly easy?
You're at 100 feet. Your gas is ticking down. You're in "0" visibility. There is a 5 knot current. The fuselage sections are relatively intact and filled with bodies, luggage, seats, narrow aisles and all the miles of wiring that are in a plane.
What do you consider challenging and dangerous?
You're at 100 feet. Your gas is ticking down. You're in "0" visibility. There is a 5 knot current. The fuselage sections are relatively intact and filled with bodies, luggage, seats, narrow aisles and all the miles of wiring that are in a plane.
What do you consider challenging and dangerous?
Max, where are you getting your info on visibility and current knot speed, please. All I'm hearing over here (in Singapore) is that there is speculation that the body may be quite far from the tail due to a strong current but no mention of what constitutes "strong".
Also haven't heard anything about 80 divers in search team, only that divers are on site and/or being readied. Some divers had to break off their dives on the tail due to bad surface conditions but that was early yesterday's news.
Also haven't heard anything about 80 divers in search team, only that divers are on site and/or being readied. Some divers had to break off their dives on the tail due to bad surface conditions but that was early yesterday's news.
ajduplessis
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Visibility looks OK from the pics in the video. A wreck will always be dangorous to dive especailly a crashed and broken-up one. The shallow depth will definitly make the overall effort a lot easier.
Most recent article read says tail section found by unmanned submersible. Divers were not able to make it to the tail due to strong currents.
Bad drop? No idea but it's been dark here for over 6 hours and weather has been truly scary from time to time.
Bad drop? No idea but it's been dark here for over 6 hours and weather has been truly scary from time to time.
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This article was written before they recovered the tail but it talks about why it has been so difficult for divers to work on recovery:AirAsia QZ 8501: Java Sea Proves a Harsh Place for Divers to Work
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