Originally Posted by
Blake777
Can someone with diving/SAR experience comment on the fact that underwater currents of 3-5 knots continue to hamper divers from entering the tail section of the aircraft or proceeding with salvage attempts/body recovery? (Although two bodies were successfully recovered today, others could not be.) It appears that whether the weather is adverse or favourable, the current is not going to change in a hurry. What is the best way forward in this situation?
Michael Phelps managed 47.51 seconds for 100m freestyle. That is fractionally over 4 knots, for 100m only, by a top class athlete in a heated indoor pool.
In human terms it's a powerful, dangerous current.