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Old 26th Jan 2015, 02:01
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Leightman 957
 
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Recovery fail

Thanks for the video link Plumb Bob and FlyerBabe. There's not much there but its all we have. Slats appear retracted but they are there. I'm beginning to wonder what the point is in hauling the wreckage aboard. If they do get it aboard the interior will have been run through a mixer, its contents may largely be evulsed, interior having become exterior in the process, and a lot of lighter debris will escape like styro peanuts in a 100' deep wind with limited visibility, vastly spreading the debris field and virtually guaranteeing a lot of debris loss. Without getting more detailed, integrity of bodies will be almost completely lost so recovery of bodies does not seem like a good reason. Is there some other reason to hurry? Compared to raising it would appear to remain more stable and intact on the bottom.
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