- Demolition crews have finished cutting away the sixth of eight sections of a giant cargo ship that tipped over off the Georgia coast nearly two years ago.
- It has left just one more cut before the dwindling remains are completely removed.
An Independent news source says that another section of overturned shipwreck separated.
When did the separation of the section occur?
Separation of the section occurred late Friday, said Michael Himes, a spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard Unified Command.
Sometime Saturday, a pilot will steer the sixth section away from the rest of the Golden Ray’s half-submerged wreckage in waters between St. Simons and Jekyll islands, The Brunswick News reported.
Details of the separation
The 3,695-metric-ton (4,073 U.S. tons) mass of steel is hanging suspended by tension wire from the arching rafters of the 255-foot-tall (85-yard-tall) VB 10,000.
The VB 10,000 and its load sit inside the 1-mile-perimeter environmental protection barrier that surrounds the salvage site.
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Source: Independent
