Last night, the group were recovering aboard a Norwegian tourist vessel which also happened to be cruising through the area, reflecting on an ordeal which demonstrated that more than 90 years after the Titanic, icebergs still sink ships.
Enterprise launched a total of 26 Dauntlesses at 15:25 using her own aircraft plus those from Yorktown that had been forced to recover aboard her after Yorktown was damaged, and Hornet launched 16 more of her own Dauntlesses at 16:00.
Aircraft carrier operation required three elements: a means of launching from the ship, a means of recovering aircraft aboard ship, and a means of stowage.
At least 80 bodies have been recovered; all 225 people aboard the flight are feared to have perished.
Officials said that rescue crews had recovered all the bodies aboard the two airliners: 43 from Flight 1303 and 45 from Flight 1047, plus fragments of a 46th victim, making the total death toll 89.
The rocket used for that mission was previously used for SpaceX's first Iridium launch, which took place in January, and SpaceX once again recovered the first stage aboard its Atlantic Ocean drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You".
During this search, which lasted until the evening of 29 November 318 of Kormorans 399 crew were found, but apart from a carley float and a lifebelt, nothing from Sydney or the 645 aboard was recovered.
Now recovered from dehydration after staying aboard the tanker for four days after the accident, Captain Arevalo is to be moved to Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Monday to face charges of damaging the environment.
