Coast Guard dispatches unmanned salvage vehicle to look into sunken chopper
- 5 years ago
독도 추락 헬기 수중 수색 재개…청해진함 무인잠수정 투입
Search and rescue operations resumed Saturday to find the missing from a firefighting helicopter... that crashed in waters off Korea's easternmost island of Dokdo on Thursday.
The Coast Guard deployed an unmanned undersea vehicle from the Navy's submarine salvage ship this morning... to search the interior of the sunken chopper.
The vehicle is equipped with a robotic arm that makes it suitable for recovery operations.
The authorities are now planning more specific measures... to search for the missing and to raise the chopper to the surface.
One body has been found so far, presumed to be one of the passengers,... but confirmation is still pending.
A total of seven people were on board the aircraft when the accident occurred.
Search and rescue operations resumed Saturday to find the missing from a firefighting helicopter... that crashed in waters off Korea's easternmost island of Dokdo on Thursday.
The Coast Guard deployed an unmanned undersea vehicle from the Navy's submarine salvage ship this morning... to search the interior of the sunken chopper.
The vehicle is equipped with a robotic arm that makes it suitable for recovery operations.
The authorities are now planning more specific measures... to search for the missing and to raise the chopper to the surface.
One body has been found so far, presumed to be one of the passengers,... but confirmation is still pending.
A total of seven people were on board the aircraft when the accident occurred.