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Old 22nd Dec 2009, 13:06
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rocco16
 
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Easy dive though.
I think not. Poor visibility, strong current, BLOODY FREEZING even in a drysuit, and a relatively very small thing to find as well as quite light so it could have drifted for quite a distance. The expense of mounting a dive to locate it would far exceed the replacement value of the airframe.
Not difficult to dive on the slack although vis may be an issue. Site would need to surveyed by decent side scan sonar to locate and/or a form of magnetic detector. Not sure it would be worthwhile going to the effort.
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