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Wrecked Fach Plane: Why It Is Not Advisable To Use Divers For Rescue Work
Specialists in salvage work at sea warn of the risks of using Navy divers in an area as complex as the Drake Pass.
This Thursday from the FACh, in the voice of its commander in chief, General Arturo Merino Núñez, it was reported that it is "practically impossible for there to be survivors" in the accident that affected the Hercules C-130 aircraft.
Airplane with which contact was lost in the Drake Pass, a complex zone in terms of climate, since the sea temperature ranges between 0ºC and -25ºC during the year . The Drake Pass , also called the Drake Sea, is the maritime region that divides Antarctica from the southernmost part of South America and is also the epicenter of the search for the Chilean Hercules C-130 aircraft with 38 people.
Strong winds, poor visibility and strong currents are some of the characteristics of the maritime area of around 800 kilometers where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet, making complex the rescue work carried out by the Chilean Navy personnel and the Armed Forces that collaborate in the operation.
"Any diving activity is impossible"
With regard to work on the high seas, specialists flatly rule out using search divers to find the whereabouts of human remains, as well as parts of the wrecked aircraft.
In conversation with T13.cl, Daniel Malfanti , tactical diver (r) of the Chilean Navy , and technical diving instructor, said that in the accident area there are "extremely adverse conditions , with waves between six to twelve meters high" , so sending a search dive team would be very risky for the staff.
To this is added that the depth of 3 thousand meters makes it unfeasible that the work of a diver can be a real contribution to the search and rescue.
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