AIG photo ban
Desk Jockey, your post 1746
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I think you need to explain that further. What extra damage was caused and how could the recovery have been better? How would that have aided the investigation?
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Certainly. I don't know what extra damage was caused, but I would expect a fair amount more than had the crane operators used broad webbing strops instead of steel, and had the aircraft been settled on the barge supported by rubber sausages.
It may be that by the time the aircraft was lifted out of the water, AIG and USAir had already agreed as to whose responsibility salvage would be and precisely how that would be carried out.
it may seem perfectly logical that an aircraft that's been ditched, submerged in brackish water for a few days and been bashed and yanked this way and that, is not going to represent much value to anyone. But insurance relies upon the insured acting at all times as if uninsured. Which means, amongst other things, don't make matters worse than they already are.
As for aiding the investigation - don't think my post suggested that!