The National Transportation Safety Board has postponed the launch of the mission to get well the voyage knowledge recorder from the cargo ship El Faro because it awaits the sources wanted for the mission to change into accessible.

The NTSB mentioned in early June that the mission to get well the VDR would launch in early July, but it surely has now been postponed to the primary week of August and is anticipated to final about two weeks.

The VDR was situated on April 26 in about 15,000 ft of water through the NTSB’s second seek for the gadget close to the Bahamas. It was discovered connected to a metal mast and mount beforehand connected the El Faro’s navigation bridge, which had separated from the remainder of the ship when it sank October 1, 2015 throughout Hurricane Joaquin.

The VDR is situated roughly 450 meters from the wreck of the El Faro.

Resources concerned within the restoration will embody the USNS Apache and CURV-21, a remotely operated underwater automobile. CURV-21 is identical tools used to first find the El Faro wreckage in November. 2015. Investigators from the NTSB and the U.S. Coast Guard, and engineers from the U.S. Navy and Phoenix International, the operator of CURV-21, may even be aboard USNS Apache when it departs from Little Creek, Virginia in August.

The almost 9 months which have elapsed for the reason that incident have led many to query why the restoration of the VDR is taking so lengthy contemplating the continued investigations by each the NTSB and the USCG are depending on the essential info that will or might not be contained or recoverable on the VDR.