It took more than a month to find the jet. ✈️ engineering
The single-engine stealth fighter had fallen on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson while conducting routine operationsplane fell into the seaNavy has been working hard on recovering the jet, trying to find it before China does as it contains some of the U.S. Navy's most advanced technologies and well-kept secrets.A jet recovered from 12,400 feet
The jet took more than a month to find and was finally recovered from a depth of approximately 12,400 feet by a team from CTF 75 and the NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving . “The task force’s expertise in rapid, scalable command, control, and communications, agile logistics, organic security, and explosive ordnance disposal was the most flexible choice for the fleet commander to respond in a timely manner,” said in the statement CTF 75 Commodore, Capt. Gareth Healy.
“Ultimately, this deliberate approach resulted in the correct capabilities conducting recovery operations within 37 days of the incident. Given the unique challenges of this problem and the unique technical capabilities that NAVSEA delivered, this was an aggressive and achievable timeline.”Bringing the aircraft out of the water required the use of a very specialized tool: the CURV-21.
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