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Kevin Pollard ties down a 15,000-pound undersea cable for transportation to Brazil from Dulles, Va., June 8, 2009, to help the U.S. Navy locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from an Air France passenger aircraft that went down in the Atlantic Ocean. The cable, capable of reaching a depth of 20,000 feet, will be attached to an underwater pinger locator from Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving.

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Kevin Pollard ties down a 15,000-pound undersea cable for transportation to Brazil from Dulles, Va., June 8, 2009, to help the U.S. Navy locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from an Air France passenger aircraft that went down in the Atlantic Ocean. The cable, capable of reaching a depth of 20,000 feet, will be attached to an underwater pinger locator from Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving.

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