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Picasso raised stealth fighter
The wreck of the F-35C Lightning II that crashed into the China Sea, while landing on the aircraft carrier USS 'Carl Vinson (CVN 70)' on Jan 24, has now been recovered by the 'Oicasso'. Since the accident happened, the US government feared that China could search, find and recover the wreckage and thus acquire the latest fighter jet technology. According to international maritime law, a salvage by China would even have been legal. Civilian company helped with the salvage So the US Navy quickly dispatched salvage vessels, which found the wreck and salvaged it from a depth of 12,400 feet (3,780 meters) on March 2. The US Navy trusted the civil company Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) from Singapore, which pulled the stealth fighter wreck to the surface with the 'Picasso'. A ROV had laid ropes around the sunken plane, allowing a crane on board the Picasso to lift the wreck. The aircraft was then immediately wrapped in foil. It is now being taken to an undesignated military facility for further examination. Report with photo: https://aerobuzz.de/militar-news/die-us-navy-hat-die-abgestuerzte-f-35c-aus-dem-meer-geborgen/
Picasso en route to verify sinking site of crashed jet
One month after an F-35C Lightning II fighter jet crashed on an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea on Jan 24, 2022, the U.S. Navy is finally making the first steps to retrieve the plane amd has sent a team to verify the site. Only after that can the recovery process officially begin. The Navy has embarked personnel aboard the DSCV 'Picasso', which departed Naha, Okinawa on Feb. 23. The team includes personnel from Task Force 75 (CTF 75), the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), and NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV). It will take three to five days to reach the location from Okinawa, depending on transit speed and sea conditions along the route. The Japanese Coast Guard’s Hydrological and Oceanographic Department issued a navigation warning for salvage operations to be carried out in northern part of the South China Sea until further notice. It would take weeks if not months, and millions of dollars to recover the state-of-the-art stealth fighter jet.
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