According to a Finnish expert, the wagon could not have been immersed in a worse place.
28.3. 17: 07 • Updated 28.3. 18:00
In Lithuania, soldiers and rescue workers continue for the third day.
Four American soldiers disappeared as the evacuee tanner Hercules M88 sank into a swamp military exercise in the Pabrad Ass on Tuesday.
Soldiers are very likely to have stuck in a sinking wagon, but it has not yet been possible. The vehicle is about five meters deep in the mud.
Hercules M88 weighs as much as 63 tons. Raising such a heavy wagon from the deep mud is an exceptionally difficult operation, says the Armor Master Miika Lemytyinen Armor Brigade.
– From the pictures, it can be said that the wagon has sunk into a pretty swampy eye. It is perhaps the hardest place for lifting.
Lithuania and US soldiers and rescue personnel have pumped water and mud from the accident site. However, it has not been pumped enough. Polish soldiers are also involved in rescue work.
A embankment has been built at the scene of the accident to stop the water, but last night the wall between the sinking point and the lake next to it was washed away.
American diving arrive at the scene of the accident
A large dredging device is scheduled to arrive today on Friday. The device has a 300 meter long tube to pump water and mud further away.
Lithuania reported the matter to the Broadcasting Company for LRT defense secretary Dovilfr.
Later today, a group of US Army divers arrive at the scene of the accident.
– I estimate that professional divers will have a few hours of finding in which position the wagon is and where the wagon can be lifted by cables, says armored master Miika Lemytyinen.
According to Lemetyinen, the actual lifting operation must take into account, in addition to the weight of the wagon to be lifted, the resistance caused by Finland and choose the equipment to take the lifting.
– The lifting is influenced by the angle of the wagon that is submerged, ie whether it is lifted up with the crane.
– When the correct tool for lifting is selected, one three to three tanks are placed on the back of the towing object to hold it in place.
Lemetyinen has participated in the armed forces in the evacuation of tanks, which use towing tanks and sometimes a crane.
The wagons of the Armored Brigade have sunk into the swamp, but never as deep as in Lithuania.
Lost soldiers had served two months in Lithuania
According to LRT, lost American soldiers are young and had served in Lithuania for two months.
Lithuania and US military authorities have launched a preliminary investigation of the cause of the accident.
The Hercules M88 is designed to tow other military vehicles in battle. In the Lithuanian accident, the rescue vehicle has become rescued.
The vehicle sank at a time when Donald Trump The administration has taken a distance to Europe and the United States may reduce its military presence in Europe.
Lithuania has about a thousand US soldiers.
Lithuanian management has convinced that the probable death of four American soldiers will not affect the country’s relationships with the United States.
President of the accident today visited the scene of the accident Gitanas Nausjecta Said he still hoped for the miracle that the soldiers would be found alive.