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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PHOENIX RECOVERS US Coast Guard MH-65 HELICOPTER DebrisSunday, January 25, 2009 -- Washington, DC -- Phoenix International Holdings, Inc., (Phoenix) announced the successful search and recovery of components of a Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter lost off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii in a water depth of 1,571 feet. Given the small size of the parts critical to the loss investigation team, Phoenix personnel first conducted a bathymetric survey of the crash area and then performed a high resolution side scan sonar search. Targets of interest were then explored, mapped, and video documented using the US Navy’s Deep Drone Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), an 8,000 ft. depth capable system. Deep Drone was subsequently used to rig and recover the main rotor and gearbox of the helicopter. Numerous smaller items of interest were picked up using the ROV’s manipulators and placed in a salvage basket for recovery to the surface. The search and recovery operation was conducted under the guidance of the Navy’s Office of the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV). Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One assisted in the recovery operation by wrapping a salvage net around the rotor and gearbox to prevent the loss of any small parts as the assembly was lifted though the sea-air interface. USNS SALVOR (T-ARS 52) supported both phases of the successful operation. Phoenix provides manned and unmanned underwater operations, design engineering, and project management services to clients in the defense, offshore oil & gas and other ocean-interest industries worldwide. Expertise is available from six regional offices in the areas of wet and dry hyperbaric welding, conventional and atmospheric diving, robotic systems, tooling, and engineering. Services include Underwater Ship Inspection & Repair, US Navy & ABS Certified Underwater Welding, ROV Operations, Deep Ocean Search & Recovery, Subsea Construction Support, Submarine Rescue, and Underwater Equipment Design. Phoenix resources include divers and diving systems, one-Atmosphere Diving Systems (ADS), Remotely Operated Vehicles, associated tooling systems, and vessels.
For More Information Contact: Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. 9301 Largo Drive West, Largo, MD, 20774 USA Tel: +1 (301) 341-7800 Fax: +
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