Stuck in Sicily - Strait of Sicily

 

 

The Story of Autosub

Stuck in Sicily - Strait of Sicily

Back to last page Back to Timeline To next page

During Mission 240, while deployed on the Italian research vessel Urania, the vehicle became stuck under an overhang while terrain-following close to the bottom of a steep cliff.

The Leviathan Facility, who the Autosub team had purchased commercial insurance through, arranged (July 2000) for a passing offshore support vessel with ROVs - the Polar Prince - to attend the site of the stranding, locate the Autosub via its acoustic pinger and use an ROV to pull the Autosub free!

 

Autosub stuck under an overhang in a subsea cliff

Autosub 2 stuck under an overhang in a subsea cliff.


Back to last page Back to Timeline To next page
d96b37e25c18f40a