I commented about this a few days ago when she was good and stuck. I figured two at most flying from opposite ends could move half of the containers...maybe a few more,..in 5 or 6 months. Takes big equipment. Bigger than most deck mounted cranes can deal with.
True. If they spent just a few weeks and moved say 10-15% of the load that might have lightened the ship enough to get it unstuck. Not a totally insane plan. The Mi-10R would be capable of that, especially if it had a handful of other heavy lift helos to handle the lighter containers. I'm sure Russia would have loved to have bragging rights.
I commented about this a few days ago when she was good and stuck. I figured two at most flying from opposite ends could move half of the containers...maybe a few more,..in 5 or 6 months. Takes big equipment. Bigger than most deck mounted cranes can deal with.
True. If they spent just a few weeks and moved say 10-15% of the load that might have lightened the ship enough to get it unstuck. Not a totally insane plan. The Mi-10R would be capable of that, especially if it had a handful of other heavy lift helos to handle the lighter containers. I'm sure Russia would have loved to have bragging rights.