and a lack of visibility means crews are now relying on these sonar images from the United States Navy the red sections you see are the portions of the wreckage above water anything in yellow is below the surface to a depth of up to 50 ft Governor Moore says these images are vital and the reason why it is so important it allows us a new level of access and a new level of vision to be able to move the mission forward well that mission we can't forget includes the recovery of the bodies of those f
our construction workers believed to be trapped underwater in that wreckage Fox 45 Kei Daniels is live right now at the site with more in the recovery and Salvage operations Keith well Kai uh Crews here are using all of the technology available to them including sonar images for the divers now officials say those divers are basically working in darkness because if they used lights it would be like driving in a snowstorm with their high beams on hard to see Salvage operations continue at the sigh
t of the Key Bridge collapse slow and steady but delayed Wednesday after the past few days because of wicked weather including thunderstorms officials say they're staged and ready to begin lifting the undamaged containers off the ship but waiting for a break in the weather we need to lift those undamaged containers off to to give us space to safely operate to begin to plan to remove portions of the bridge that're also now embedded into the ship but other parts of the operation are moving forward
two temporary channels are open and eight ships have been able to pass through but dive operations virtually at a standstill the governor saying conditions below the water too dangerous for workers the water murky Crews barely able to see beyond arms length Governor West Moore saying divers are relying on Sonar technology to guide them underwater while we know that this mission is dangerous while we know this mission is complicated we also know the remarkable work of this team is pushing us to
make progress meanwhile environmental concerns over water quality addressed Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott with that folks have been tagging me on social media videoos about not being able to eat crabs this summer and there's going to be all these things in the water the governor with the update saying the Maryland Department of the environment has taken samples up River and down river from the site their samples have revealed that there are no contaminants including Fuel and the continued the co
ntinued examination and the continued operations of being able to test the water will continue throughout you heard it from the governor you heard it from mde folks there is no contamination in the water well over the past weekend 200 tons of debris was cut and removed from the site at least four heavy lift cranes are involved in this process we're live tonight Keith Daniels Fox 45 News
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