Ile de Sein
Ile de Sein (IMO 9247039) is a cable ship owned and operated by Alcatel Submarine Networks.
In 2011, the ship was involved in the recovery of the “black boxes” (the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder) from the wreckage of Air France Flight 447.
Air France Flight 447 departed from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 31 May 2009. While on its way to Paris, France, the aircraft crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on 1 June 2009. All 216 passengers and 12 crew members were killed.
Ile de Sein in Kapālama Channel, outbound from Pier 51A, Honolulu Harbor. 18 September 2021.
Ile de Sein. 18 September 2021.
Ile de Sein passing Pier 9. 18 September 2021.
A view of Ile de Sein’s distinctive stern. 18 September 2021.
Ile de Sein headed out to sea from Honolulu Harbor. 18 September 2021.
She is currently laying fiber optic cable from Australia to the US. Taking on stores and bunkers here.
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