Teledyne Gavia AUV to Aid in Search for AirAsia QZ8501
A Teledyne Gavia AUV will be aiding in the search for the downed AirAsia QZ8501 in the Java Sea. PT Java Offshore, a key customer of Teledyne Gavia, in coordination with Balai Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi (BPPT), will use the Teledyne Gavia AUV to survey the area which is likely to contain the plane’s debris field.
Teledyne Gavia has provided a field service technician to support vehicle operations along with an advanced control module with survey grade side scan sonar, an advanced navigation module, and other vital hardware for the mission.
Personnel from Java Offshore and Teledyne Gavia arrived in Pangkalan Bun in anticipation of a nine to ten-hour sail aboard a coastguard vessel on Tuesday 6 January 2015 to the priority search area in the Java Sea. Search efforts have been underway for several days to locate the aeroplane’s debris field, recover the passengers from the flight, and locate the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. Although the plane is suspected to have crashed in relatively shallow water, poor weather conditions in the area have hampered search efforts.
