Ten years later: a Look Back on John f. Kennedy, Jr. 's Missing Plane Search

NOAA Corps operations officer for the NOAA ship Whiting, reduce side scan sonar towfish in water level during the search is missing.

Ten years ago, the former US President John f. Kennedy son OVER a small plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in an accident that drew attention around the world.July 1999 is remembered by many of the National Ocean Service of researchers and professionals and NOAA Corps officers, as many were strongly involved in crashes, search and recovery scene. 

At the request of the United States Coast Guard NOAA hydrographic survey ship sent its Rude and Whiting to the coast of Martha's use of Vineyard, Massachusetts in the event of an accident scene.  These two ships, which performs the processing routine sea floor mapping operations in support of NOAA's national suite of navigation diagrams are updated, look for the missing side of the scan echo level might run the risk of equipment.

For several days on the coast of vessels tirelessly searched the residues in a large area in the team uses of the amendment proposed by overturning sites data charts. Surveying three days from the date on which the Rude's side scan sonar system detected a suspicious object ocean freight-floor.Temporary buoy was removed and the United States Navy divers soon after the specified level of an item that runs the John f. Kennedy, Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette-.

Then the Director of the NOAA Corps Rear Admiral Evelyn j. fields Lt. Commander James Verlaque, then-Commanding Officer of NOAA ship rude, where it was found that the level of wreckage.

National Ocean Service is requested often Federal Governments, port authorities or local official to take urgent investigation actions immediately after the accident, natural disaster or. NOAA ships, including the Office of the three person go to the Coast Survey response teams, responded to Hurricane Katrina and the events in recent years, 15 January 2009, such as US Airways in emergency situations the level of the New York Hudson River landing.

Because the Rude and Whiting, has been disabled, even if the NOAA mission chart America's marine and coastal — legacy, which must be applied to two centuries — is carried out in three major research for use on ships, from the beginning of the study area Chesapeakeen Bay and six regional groups move to answer.

NOAA chart displays the search and recovery actions that took place in the JFK, Jr. level crash Almost 20 square-mile. were under the control of the NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION during the search.