What will they do if/when they find the plane

[robertpasa]

Suppose they find Flight 370 on the bottom of the ocean. Will they drag the plane, or parts of it, to the surface?

Wouldn't the relatives of the deceased insist on the bodies being retrieved?

Would it be different from whatever they usually do, because of the enormous publicity of this flight?

Remember the submarine Kursk? Last I heard, it's at the bottom, bodies and all. Also the Titanic and all its nice dishplates are still there.

[PokerMunkee]

They will recover as much as possible. The black boxes will be the priority. If those are inclusive, then they will need to reconstruct the plane. Look for signs of fire damage.

They recovered all but 70 bodies in AF 447, which was 12K' at the bottom of the ocean.

[Ruth4Truth]

They still haven't found anything. The first attempt was a false alarm, although they did find a missing schooner. No word as to whether everyone there is still alive. Funny what turns up when you're searching for a crashed airplane in the southern ocean.

[njkate]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

They still haven't found anything. The first attempt was a false alarm, although they did find a missing schooner. No word as to whether everyone there is still alive. Funny what turns up when you're searching for a crashed airplane in the southern ocean.

I have not read anything confirming that it was the missing schooner only that it is also a possibility.Last I read it would take the Aussie ship a few days to get to where they have images of something in the water.

[Britt Reid]

Originally Posted by PokerMunkee

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They recovered all but 70 bodies in AF 447, which was 12K' at the bottom of the ocean.

That is about the depth of where the Titanic rests.

[Ruth4Truth]

Here's some info about the missing schooner from a news report after they'd been in a storm and all their sailed shredded. Today's report referred to it as a "ghost schooner".

Sail-World.com : Six months later, missing schooner Nina's families just won't give up

[Snort]

Is that what they've found, the schooner?

[Ruth4Truth]

I'm trying to get a link to the report where they said (from satellite analysis, I believe) that some of what they thought was plane debris was the missing schooner. But no on as yet is close enough by plane or boat to say anything for sure.

[Snort]

You would think satellite imagery would have better resolution than that. I keep remembering the thing about the accuracy being such that you could read a license plate number. Bizarre.

[katzpaw]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

I'm trying to get a link to the report where they said (from satellite analysis, I believe) that some of what they thought was plane debris was the missing schooner. But no on as yet is close enough by plane or boat to say anything for sure.

I doubt it. The schooner was lost off the east coast of Australia (between Australia & NZ), the debris was 'found' 2,500 km off the west coast, and the currents are west to east.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e_currents.jpg