Body and Wreck Recovery in 67 MSW

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200ish FSW? And vis looks decent.. yea, the insurance company is gonna want to get a look at that close up to try and see what really happened.
 
Body recovery should not be a problem. Salvage operation in the English channel might be problematic depending on the position of the wreck and shiping lanes. Currents there can be brutal wreck divers are often drifting for miles during deco.
 
This is in relation to Emiliano Sala's downed aircraft in the English channel. The wreck and a body has been discovered on the seabed using a submersible vessel. Note the footage showing depth at "-67.7" (I assume in meters not feet).

Emiliano Sala: Body found in search for missing footballer - CNN

Recovery operation on trimix feasible? Any predictions?

The linked article says:
“....David Mearns, a marine scientist leading the private search team hired by Sala's family, said the wreckage of the plane had been located by sonar equipment at a depth of about 63 meters within the first couple of hours of starting Sunday's search. Experts on the larger vessel -- Geo Ocean III -- used by the air investigators confirmed it was the missing Piper Malibu aircraft....”
 
Interesting that it’s a US registered aircraft? I like the Malibu, it’s a proven platform for a qualified pilot.
 
AviatonDB has it registered in the UK. AviationDB - Aviation Database - Aircraft N264DB

So does the FAA. FAA Registry - Aircraft - N-Number Inquiry

Not sure why the AAIB said it was US registered. Possibly a transcription error?

It is registered in the US, if it were registered in the UK it would have a G- number. It is a US registered aircraft with a foreign owner, apparently operating in the UK. Which is a bit strange, bug smashers don't normally cross the pond, so you don't see US registered ones outside of the Americas.
 
True, good point. Strange.
 
I'm not too familiar with the weather patterns in the Channel. So due to it being winter, will the salvage process have to be postponed until late spring for good weather and currents?
 
If you can be callous enough to go past the human tragedy involved in this incident the interesting thing is that there is an absolute truck load of money involved. The transfer fee to be paid by Cardiff to Nantes, over three years, was reported at $A27M.
Body found in missing star’s plane wreck

I suspect a lot of fingers will be pointed.

David Mearns also located the WW2 wreck of HMASSydney in 2,486 metres of water
 
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