HE operating Search for the fishing boat Vilaboa Uno will include a second robot A Civil Guard semi-submersible vehicle operating in the area, able to move in difficult sea and current conditions, could not find the wreck that sank 6 miles north of Santander last Monday.
Unable to move due to currents the previous day, the Civil Guard Underwater Activities Unit robot unsuccessfully dived in the search area for its crew, who disappeared in the west on Thursday, after hitting the bottom about 130 meters away. The ship where two sailors died.
For this reason, the search device will be supplemented by the Comanchi Sea Rescue robot, which will not come immediately upon judicial request.
The Don Inda ship is already preparing at Ferrol portRide of Rov Comanche, which the Government Delegation in Cantabria reported was included in the device.
Comanche Rov Must be calibrated, tested and installed at Don Indaa process that “could take a few days” to add then a transfer by sea to Santander.
The Don Inda ship will be the operating platform on which Rov will operate for a time. Examine the area where Vilaboa sank.
A control cabin will be set up on deck where underwater search operations for the missing man will be supervised and controlled.
Moreover, The area will be surveyed to assess possible contamination from the sunken fishing vessel..
robot features
Rov Comanche weighing 1,200 kilograms, Working in weather conditions not exceeding 25 knots and the sea state of the four forces on the Beaufort scale.
It has seven thrusters, four horizontally and three vertically, with a speed of three knots and a weight carrying capacity of 250 kilograms.
It has four cameras (two on motorized supports), search sonar with a maximum range of 300 meters, sonar-altimeter up to 50 meters, depth gauge and flasher for surface position. It also has two hydraulic arms and a guillotine cable cutter.
Power and orders sent With a remote via the cable to the Rov, this transmits the image from the video cameras and the data from the sensors and sonar to the ship’s surface control center.