Originally Posted by
rickair7777
250 feet maybe. 250 fathoms is not exactly a piece of cake, would require ADS diving. So $$$. And hoisting a plane up from depth is not cheap in any case, need a specialized salvage ship, barge, and tug.
They could get the orange boxes at a more reasonable cost, maybe even with an advanced ROV.
Documents that confirmed bad mx would be informative. But documents which "confirmed" good mx are not necessarily definitive.
Rhoades is not known for good maintenance. Quite the opposite actually. They had a main wheel come off a few years back on takeoff for Christ sakes.