New attempt to lift AirAsia Flight QZ8501 fuselage fails after rope snaps

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[BenLurkin]

A previous effort to the raise the wreckage on Saturday was also foiled when sharp parts of the debris sliced through a strap connecting the fuselage to a giant balloon, the search agency said.

Officials are trying to float the 13-meter (43-foot) piece of wreckage to the surface and then hoist it onto a waiting ship.

But strong winds, high waves and heavy rain prevented the Indonesian Navy divers from having another go Sunday at raising the fuselage, officials said.

Divers successfully carried out a similar procedure with the tail section of the aircraft earlier this month.

[ClearCase_guy]

It was a poor choice.

[LegendHasIt]

Maybe they should consider using a steel cable instead,

[Jack Hydrazine]

[mabarker1]

Put the Air Bags INSIDE the Fuselage...

[yldstrk]

Rope? Please tell me you are kidding.

[nuconvert]

lol.
They keep calling it rope. Then they call it straps.
How about using some kind of metal cable?

[BBell]

From the article

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)A new attempt to lift the submerged fuselage of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 failed Sunday when a wire rope snapped after the wreckage reached the surface of the water, Indonesian officials said.

Click the link, its not that difficult.

[BBell]

They did.

[ClearCase_guy]

The Point is:

They chose an insufficiently strong material.

[BBell]

But is was a wire rope.

[nuconvert]

ok. So, it wasn’t rope?

[ClearCase_guy]

Darn!

You mean, I got it wrong?

They didn't use clothesline from the local hardware store?????

And I was so sure that they had.

My bad.

[BBell]

How about using some kind of metal cable?

[UCANSEE2]

Good response. As I’m sure you know, though, wire rope=cable.

We (here in ‘merica) call it cable, in other countries they call it wire rope.

[BBell]

Sorry, I did not know you meant to be sarcastic. My bad.

Being a sarcastic person myself.

[ClearCase_guy]

I’ll try not to be so subtle.

[ClearCase_guy]

(that’s sarcasm too)

[UCANSEE2]

They keep calling it rope. Then they call it straps. How about using some kind of metal cable?

I believe it is both.

Multiple giant straps were taken down and carefully wrapped around the fuselage, and hooked together to (probably) two sets of cables which were lowered by winch.

[yldstrk]

No, I can read. What I meant is this: How can these recovery people be using such insane equipment, a rope? Really?