Resumed search for AF447 wreckage delayed: BEA
Resumed search for AF447 wreckage delayed: BEA
11:01, March 12, 2010 
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France's Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA) announced on Thursday that a new search on the sea for the wreckage of Flight AF447, which crashed on June 1, 2009, has been delayed due to the late participation of a U.S. vessel.
"Administrative and technical difficulties on departure from the United States, together with unfavorable meteorological conditions, are delaying the arrival of the Anne Candies," the BEA said in a statement.
Anne Candies is an American ship that was expected to join the Norwegian vessel Seabed Worker to launch the third search.
The U.S. ship will be equipped with a deep towed sonar and a CURV 21 remotely operated vehicle (ROV), while the Norwegian one will take three REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater vehicles and another ROV.
The third search for the black box of the ill-fated Airbus A330 was initially expected to begin in February. New debut date will be announced on Monday, the BEA said.
After the previous two searches, the whereabouts of the data recorders remained unknown and thus the true cause of the crash is still a mystery.
The new search will be an international cooperation between scientists, experts and private companies from many different countries, but the BEA admitted in a latest report that "this work reached the limit of current knowledge."
BEA chief Jean-Paul Troadec said that this search would be the agency's most expensive operation. It reportedly will cost over 13. 73 million U.S. dollars and will cover 770 square miles of sea area.
Source:Xinhua
"Administrative and technical difficulties on departure from the United States, together with unfavorable meteorological conditions, are delaying the arrival of the Anne Candies," the BEA said in a statement.
Anne Candies is an American ship that was expected to join the Norwegian vessel Seabed Worker to launch the third search.
The U.S. ship will be equipped with a deep towed sonar and a CURV 21 remotely operated vehicle (ROV), while the Norwegian one will take three REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater vehicles and another ROV.
The third search for the black box of the ill-fated Airbus A330 was initially expected to begin in February. New debut date will be announced on Monday, the BEA said.
After the previous two searches, the whereabouts of the data recorders remained unknown and thus the true cause of the crash is still a mystery.
The new search will be an international cooperation between scientists, experts and private companies from many different countries, but the BEA admitted in a latest report that "this work reached the limit of current knowledge."
BEA chief Jean-Paul Troadec said that this search would be the agency's most expensive operation. It reportedly will cost over 13. 73 million U.S. dollars and will cover 770 square miles of sea area.
Source:Xinhua
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