New Wreckage found in AF447 crash

Honestly not sure I had thought the area was over 6000 feet but my memory might not be serving me tonight.

In any case, how can you recover bodies that deep
 
Hope they find the black boxes in good shape.
I heard it was at a depth of 4000 meters, so around 13 000 feet or so?
edit: too slow
 
In morbid curiosity Id like to know how you extract bodies with any respect from that depth
 
Apophis said:
Wow, those pictures are spine chilling. At what depth was the wreckage found?
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I thought the same thing. I couldn't imagine being the sub/camera operator and seeing wreckage like that come into view. Unbelievable!

canadian_atc said:
In morbid curiosity Id like to know how you extract bodies with any respect from that depth
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I'm curious as well. Did they say where the bodies where found? I mean, are we talking people still strapped into seats? and what state are the bodies in after being down there for 2 years? This stuff really creeps me out.
 
The wreckage sits at 3900m (12700ft). Due to the cold and quasi-absence of oxygen, the bodies are said to be in "great" shape. People are probably still strapped into their seats. Very, very creepy.
 
Pépé le Pilot said:
The wreckage sits at 3900m (12700ft). Due to the cold and quasi-absence of oxygen, the bodies are said to be in "great" shape. People are probably still strapped into their seats. Very, very creepy.
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Off topic but theres a ship that sank in lake michigan that apparently has the captain still in the wheel house, apparently in the same condition after like 30 years. I am sure the water down that deep is similar to fresh water in which it doesnt decompose things as fast. No clue what I am talking about.
 
boondr said:
Id heardd it was in 13000ft range. That's deep
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I just watched an awesome documentary about the raising of a Russian sub in the 70's from like 15,000' in the Pacific. It's called Azorian: The Raising of the K-129. You can watch it online on Netflix.
 
I would imagine that if they have found the wreckage, they will probably find the CVR/FDR soon, I hope. I want to know what happened here. There is striking similarities with all of the verticals on three airplanes with Airbus, as if they skimp on the structure to keep the tail on. Granted, it's possible for any airplane to loose it's tail, but there just seems to be some similarities. Some reports say the airplane may have flown into an embedded T-storm. If thats the case, not to many people make it out the other side of those, so that would be no fault of Airbus. And I have a feeling the erroneous reading that Air France was getting was due to the out of control/spinning aircraft. I bet you it came apart on it's way down. Scary to think.
 
It would seem due to the large relatively concentrated debris field that at least a large amount of the airplane came down in one piece.
 
TopGunn said:
You think no bloated-ness or bruises or rotten?
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Rotten/swollen no due to the extreme pressure and cold. Bruises on the other hand.... The airplane hit the water at a great speed... The problem will be the extreme temperature and pressure change when they will be brought back up, they might decay very quickly. There is a forensic team aboard the ship. There was a debate in France wether to leave the bodies in the water. It was finally decided to bring them back up.
 
you have to recover them.

What are they going to do, recover the airplane but take the bodies out of the wreckage and just leave them on the sea floor?
 
2BEER said:
I just watched an awesome documentary about the raising of a Russian sub in the 70's from like 15,000' in the Pacific. It's called Azorian: The Raising of the K-129. You can watch it online on Netflix.
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Who uses netflix..

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Pépé le Pilot said:
There is a forensic team aboard the ship. There was a debate in France wether to leave the bodies in the water. It was finally decided to bring them back up.
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wow that's crazy. Do you know when\how this is going to be done? Has it ever been done before so long after the disaster(either ship wreck or aviation)?
 
Netflix is US only guys...

The bodies will be recovered by robots... The protocol is still unclear and obviously it is a very sensitive subject. I trust the recovery team to do their best to preserve the dignity of the bodies.
What is going to be really interesting however is the legal war between Airbus, Thales, Air France and the AF pilot union...
 
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