Originally Posted by
Daysleeper
What the state won't do, without a really good reason, is underwater water recovery so maybe if it is close inshore in shallow waters then they may find a commercial dive team suitable. But if it's deep and needs a specialised DSV then I have news for them, they've funded about 2 days not including mobilisation charges.
The waters there are not deep for sounding survey and the area has also been carefully charted, due to all the crap sitting down there. After WWII they dumped all kind of stuff and later charted it to get a grip where the most dangerous stuff is. Side-scan sounding could do the search in that quite small area in a matter of days, just think of the equipment used for the MH370 search. Maybe Putin already knows from his u-boats in the channel where the wreck is?