Fact Check: Underwater Photograph Shows Diving Site, Not MH370 Wreckage
in the Red Sea, off the coast of Jordan, to create an artificial diving site has been mislabeled by users as showing the submerged remains of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which mysteriously disappeared in 2014.However, the photo is a screenshot from a video posted by scuba diving company Deep Blue Dive Center in Aqaba, Jordan (here) showing a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aircraft with the caption: "Tristar Airplane Wreck Red Sea, Aqaba JO”.The fate of the lost Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200ER (here) remains unknown, although debris believed to be from the aircraft has been found along the
Meet SHADOWLARK: The $10M Personal Vessel Plus Submarine Package
, SHADOWLARK is a package priced under $10m for delivery in less than 14 months, a package that includes a 24-m LARC designed to carry a Triton 3300/3 MKII submersible. Image courtesy Incat Crowther, SHADOWCAT & Triton Submarines.With an 8.5-m beam, and a draft of 1.5. -m, SHADOWLARK includes a dive center, lounge, galley, bar and storage over three decks. “I think the challenge with this, and the reason we've done a completely custom design, is because we need to be able to safely store and launch the submarine, and that takes up a lot of the real estate of the boat,” said Dan Mace
Blyth Workcats Delivers New Dive Boat
Blyth Workcats of Canvey Island, U.K. has delivered a new 11-meter dive boat to the Mevagh Dive Center in County Donegal on the west coast of Ireland. The new boat has now begun work transporting groups of up to 12 divers to sites along the Atlantic coast of Ireland where numerous wrecks make it an interesting but challenging region for recreational divers. The Laura Dean is powered by two Iveco N67 420 hp engines and features a hull design developed for optimal performance while also maintaining the Blyth Workcat’s reputation for tough reliability and exceptional sea-keeping in extreme
Blyth Workcat Joins Osiris Projects Survey Fleet
. The boat’s draft of just 1.1 meter also makes it ideal for working in the shallows encountered during precision littoral survey contracts. It is power by two Cummins QSC 8.3 500-hp engines. Blyth Workcats Delivers for Mevagh Blyth Workcats also built a new 11-m dive boat to the Mevagh Dive Center for use in the Western Atlantic off County Donegal, Ireland. The catamaran, to be named the Laura Dean, is scheduled for delivery in April 2014, and scheduled to begin work transporting groups of up to 12 recreational divers to dive sites in the region. The boat will be powered by two Iveco N67
Blyth Workcats to Build Dive Boat for Mevagh
Blyth Workcats of Canvey Island, U.K. will supply a new 11-meter dive boat to the Mevagh Dive Center for use in the Western Atlantic off County Donegal, Ireland, The catamaran, to be named the Laura Dean, is scheduled for delivery in April 2014. It will then begin work transporting groups of up to 12 recreational divers to dive sites in the region, many of which include the wrecks of ships sunk along the Irish coast. The boat will be powered by two Iveco N67 420 hp engines each driving a five-bladed propeller through a twin disc gearbox. These will enable the boat to achieve speeds up to 23-knots
Underwater Metal Detecting
;s a different kind of diving because you’re focused on the lake bed. It’s amazing the stuff you find, some of just sitting there. It makes me wonder how much loot I’ve passed over in all my years of diving without a detector.” Bill Nichols owner of Timber Bay Sport and Dive Center in Wisconsin is also into underwater detecting. Not long ago he received a frantic call from panic stricken man raving about the gold wedding ring he’d just lost in North Two Lakes. Bill grabbed his scuba gear and his Pulse 8X detector and headed for the water. After scanning the silty bottom
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