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In a message dated 99-11-02 15:47:14 EST, kirvine@sa*.ne* writes: << This is going to be a hard one. Personally , I would not dive unless they had some seriously good location equipment to narrow the search. As far as profiles, this could be done repeatedly if the bt was kept at about 18 minutes, and they used scooters, rotating the teams. I still do not see much getting done by divers like this in any reasonable amount of time. If they find a wreck field, then maybe. >> Based on a presentation given by a Flight 800 NYPD Scuba Team member, seriously good location equipment is used. The entire crash area is mapped with side scan sonar, and each individual "hit" is investigated by a team. Police members were not allowed to recover any wreckage on the bottom, but just verify it's identity as wreckage or ocean trash. Surface supplied Navy divers were then sent down to do recovery with proper evidence recovery technique, being it was also an FBI investigation. In this methodical manner, I believe 95 - 98 % of the 747 was recovered. Total bottom times were limited to 25 minutes, one dive a day, 115' max depth, however, the Navy worked round the clock, weather permitting. No volunteer divers were used, or asked for. Needless to say, the depth will most likely preclude any Police units, and rely on the Navy deep divers. Kevin -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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