Phoenix Supports Multinational Search Effort for MH370
Phoenix International, USA, has deployed its 4,500m-depth-capable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Artemis and the U.S. Navy Towed Pinger Locator (TPL-25) system to support a search for the Malaysia Airlines (MH370) aircraft that went missing, presumably in the southern Indian Ocean. Phoenix is supporting the U.S. Navy as part of a multinational team from 26 countries including Malaysia, China, Australia, United States, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, India and the UAE.
Phoenix mobilised for this search and recovery effort under its multi-year Undersea Operations contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command’s Office of the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving for the provision of deep ocean search and recovery capabilities.
Phoenix is an employee-owned, ISO 9001-2008 Management System certified marine services contractor providing manned and unmanned underwater solutions, design engineering, and project management services to a diverse set of clients worldwide. Expertise is available from six regional offices in the areas of wet and dry hyperbaric welding, subsea engineering services, conventional and atmospheric diving, autonomous underwater vehicles, remotely operated vehicles and other robotic systems.
Image: an earlier cooperation of Phoenix with the U.S. Navy for a plane search: the lost plane of Earhart.
