GeoAcoustics DeepTow 2000 Detects Crashed Aircraft10/07/2008 |
| Incostas has detected an aircraft that crashed in the Carribean Sea on 4th January 2008 with the help of their GeoAcoustics Deep Tow. The aircraft, carrying 14 people on route between Caracas, Venezuela and the Los Roques islands, was 24 miles south of its destination at the time of the crash. |
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Due to the versatility of the side scan sonar it was possible to cover large areas of seabed using the low frequency (~100kHz) sweep whilst more detailed observations could be undertaken with the high frequency (~400kHz) setting after targets had been identified.
During the course of the survey two significant targets were discovered and one of them merited further investigation as it conformed to the shape and size of the missing aircraft.
Caption: Deep Tow 2000 Vehicle on board the search vessel Source: Incostas Website: http://www.incostas.com Supplier: Kongsberg GeoAcoustics Ltd More news from this supplier: Surveying the Venetian Lagoon GeoAcoustics Name Change Francisco Gutierrez Joins GeoAcoustics as Product Manager Side-scan Sonar Demonstration Record Year for GeoSwath Plus Sales Appointment at GeoAcoustics GeoAcoustics Digital Side Scan Sonar Data Collection for Shallow Survey 2012 Opened Geoswath Plus Compact GeoSwath Plus Trials on Remus 100 AUV Finistere and Mediterranean Bathymetric Lidar Surveys Precise Positioning For BP Vessels DP Inertial Navigation System for Drillship Plug-and-work Protocol Adopted Simulator Models Complex Sea Currents Monitoring the Shipwrecked Concordia New Australian Marine Research Vessel under Construction Mars-bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects Europeans Trained in Understanding Space Weather US Estimate: 15% Wave and Tidal Power by 2030 
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On 9th April Incostas mobilised their GeoAcoustics Deep Tow 2000 side scan to undertake a search for the aircraft in approximately 400 metres water depth on board the vessel Punta Brava from the port of La Gauaira.
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