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NOAA SHIP RUDE SCANNING OCEAN FLOOR FOR KENNEDY PLANE
 July 18, 1999 — The NOAA
Ship Rude is aiding the U.S. Coast Guard in the search for
the plane believed to be that of John F. Kennedy, Jr. The Rude
is a hydrographic survey vessel that scans the ocean floor using
sophisticated technology to locate the wreckage. The Rude helped
to locate the wreckage of TWA flight 800 in July 1996.
Media should contact the U.S. Coast Guard public affairs command
center in Boston, Mass., at (617) 223-8515. The NOAA spokesmen
are Chris Smith and Robert Chartuk. They can be reached through
this number.
Background Information
FACT
SHEET ON NOAA SHIPS RUDE AND WHITING
NOAA
LOCATES WRECKAGE ON OCEAN FLOOR AFTER TWA FLIGHT 800 DISASTER
SIDE
SCAN SONAR
NOAA'S OFFICE OF
COAST SURVEY —
The nation's official chartmaker.
U.S. COAST GUARD
For more information contact NOAA public affairs in Washington,
DC, at (202) 482-6090.
Office of NOAA Corps
Since NOAA’s beginning, a large percentage of its oceanographic,
atmospheric, hydrographic, fisheries and coastal data has been
collected on NOAA
ships and aircraft. This fleet of platforms is managed and
operated by the Office of NOAA Corps Operations, an office made
up of civilians and officers of the NOAA
Commissioned Corps (a uniformed service of the United States).
In addition to research and monitoring activities critical to
NOAA’s mission, NOAA ships and aircraft provide immediate
response capabilities for unpredictable events, such as recovery
and search efforts after the TWA Flight 800 crash, damage assessment
after major oil spills such as the Exxon Valdez, Persian Gulf
War and New Carissa, and several major hurricanes during the
1998 season.
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