be done to try to at least ensure their safety as they do this critical work? well, i ll tell you what, my million dollar question right now is we had these crane ships, these crane vessels, three of them on station for about four to five days now. i don t understand why they were not utilized earlier to at least secure the vessel when it was still on the surface. making the diving operations far less dangerous. that s a good point. the captain s here. there was some discussion that using the cranes to stabilize the ship so that it wouldn t sink further might have actually dislodged any potential air pockets if there were survivors using those air pockets. any truth to that? it s possible. i agree putting the cranes on scene early would have been of great benefit for this recovery, absolutely. do you see the point in that argument, that perhaps the cranes might have done more harm than good? it defies logic but could it
ship by crane. and then the truly amazing part. preparing this 224-foot-long ship to be cut into four pieces, through the hull. to make the cuts, the supervisor of sal individual said this week, we have had to painstakingly clear about a two-foot path in the ship, removing everything in our way. they had divers using chain saws and underwater cutting tools to just cut a two-foot-wide straight line through the ship, leading ultimately to this. yes, that is a cross-section of a u.s. navy mine sweeper, the first piece of the ship being craned into the area yesterday, weighing 250 tons. they hoisted it up using one of the crane ships. they dumped it on the barge, and then went back for more. that piece was followed today by another section. an approximately 200-ton piece of the ship containing the
the ship, was lifted off the ship by crane. and then the truly amazing part. preparing this 224-foot-long ship to be cut into four pieces, through the hull. to make the cuts, the supervisor of sal individual said this week, we have had to painstakingly clear about a two-foot path in the ship, removing everything in our way. they had divers using chain saws and underwater cutting tools to just cut a two-foot-wide straight line through the ship, leading ultimately to this. yes, that is a cross-section of a u.s. navy mine sweeper, the first piece of the ship being craned into the area yesterday, weighing 250 tons. they hoisted it up using one of the crane ships. they dumped it on the barge, and then went back for more. that piece was followed today by another section. an approximately 200-ton piece
the ship, was lifted off the ship by crane. and then the truly amazing part. preparing this 224-foot-long ship to be cut into four pieces, through the hull. to make the cuts, the supervisor of salvage said this week, we have had to painstakingly clear about a two-foot path in the ship, removing everything in our way. they had divers using chain saws and underwater cutting tools to just cut a two-foot-wide straight line through the ship, leading ultimately to this. yes, that is a cross-section of a u.s. navy mine sweeper, the first piece of the ship being craned into the air yesterday, weighing 250 tons. they hoisted it up using one of the crane ships. they dumped it on the barge, and then went back for more. that piece was followed today by another section. an approximately 200-ton piece