FLORIDA : Backhoe to Help Excavate Crash Site
Investigators brought in a 49-ton backhoe to scoop up the wreckage of ValuJet Flight 592 that remains embedded in the Everglades. The investigators, however, refused to comment about their search for a cause to the May 11 crash that killed 110 people. Investigators also would not comment on a TV report that investigators believe fire from oxygen canisters burned through electronic steering cables, causing the pilot to lose control of the DC-9. Resolve Towing & Salvage Inc., a company that specializes in marine salvage complicated by hazardous waste, began moving in equipment that will move the backhoe to the edge of the crash crater. The company expected to begin dredging in two to four days.
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