Petty Officers 2nd Class Robert Rodriguez (right) and Robert Duncan (left) watch the video monitors as they search the ocean floor for the flight data recorder from the downed Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off the coast of Ventura County, Calif., on Feb. 3, 2000. Rodriguez is piloting the SCORPIO, a tethered unmanned work vehicle from the Navy's Deep Submergence Unit Unmanned Vehicle Detachment. Duncan is the co-pilot and is responsible for the robotic hands of the SCORPIO. The two Navy machinistХs mates are controlling the submersible from the MV Kellie Chouest, a Military Sealift Command Su
Petty Officers 2nd Class Robert Rodriguez (right) and Robert Duncan (left) watch the video monitors as they search the ocean floor for the flight data recorder from the downed Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off the coast of Ventura County, Calif., on Feb. 3, 2000. Rodriguez is piloting the SCORPIO, a tethered unmanned work vehicle from the Navy's Deep Submergence Unit Unmanned Vehicle Detachment. Duncan is the co-pilot and is responsible for the robotic hands of the SCORPIO. The two Navy machinistХs mates are controlling the submersible from the MV Kellie Chouest, a Military Sealift Command Submarine Support Ship. Rodriguez is from Amarillo, Texas, and Duncan is from Torrance, Calif.
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