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Re: Recovery Wellington HE727 concluded

Posted by Elliott on Thu Sep 26, 2002 04:24:26 PM

In reply top Recovery Wellington HE727 concluded posted by Cees Broere on Thu Sep 26, 2002 04:48:48 AM

Cees

I'm not sure why the authorities have to pay - these recoveries don't have to be expensive if a bit of lateral thinking is applied. Why don't we set up a non-profit company to carry out some 'official' recoveries? It could have charitable status... I am happy to chip in costs for a recovery out of my own pocket and I'm sure a lot of other people would too. What do you think?




: Hi all,
:
: It is expected that today the recovery of HE727 will end.
: The site has been declared to be clean of wreckage, human
: remains, bombs, ammunition etc.
:
: Good news is that the identity of the human remains of the
: two missing crewmembers has been confirmed beyond any dou
: bt. That this was done so quickly was as a result of the r
: elatively good condition of the human remains as well as t
: he medical information provided by the Canadians.
:
: So, another two missing to be taken of the list.That's the
: good news.
:
: Problem is that this has been the most expensive recovery
: ever in Holland costing about 900.000,00 euro, well over b
: udget. With new rules about local authorities having to pa
: y twice the amount per head of their population as well as
: the Duthch gouverments decision to decrease their partici
: pation in the total costs of a recovery, it is expected th
: at these large scale recoveries will be rare.
:
: Cees

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