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'A Man
Who Is A Man
Will Go On
Until He Can Do No More
And Then
He Will Go Twice As Far'
(An Old Norwegian Saying)
EMAIL
tom_juby@forensic-physical-evidence-consulting.ca
Thomas C. (Tom)
JUBY
New Minas, N.S.
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'A'
HANGAR SORTING LINE DEBRIS STORAGE BOXES
SORTING LINE MATERIAL FROM VACUUM PROCESS
CFB
SHEARWATER ‘A’ HANGAR – SWISSAIR III SORTING PROCESS
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When debris in very large plastic
containers was delivered by truck to the hanger, it had already been washed
with fresh water after off-loading at the CFB Shearwater dock from either a DND
(Dept. of National Defense) or CCG (Canadian Coast Guard) ship. It was then stored in the
hangar until a team at the front sorting table (left side of upper photo and photo
below) could examine it. With a video
camera taping the process, the team consisting of Transportation Safety Board
members, Boeing, and Swissair representatives would examine each piece. Included in the team was an RCMP explosives
technician and an RCMP Forensic Crime Lab explosives chemist.
The rows
of boxes shown above were a constant sight during the processing of
the scene debris, with over 700 of them being filled with several
million aircraft pieces. |
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If an item showed evidence of heat or burn,
attempts were made to identify it by group.
An exhibit sheet would then be started and the item would be placed on
the exhibit-processing table. Other
items would be examined and grouped, and if not required for further
examination, would go to the storage box designated for that group. Numerous items were never identified and
remain to this day in several boxes of unidentified items in ‘J’ hangar, mostly
as suspected cargo items.
The
items shown below are typical of the material vacuumed from the sea
floor by the Empress of the Netherlands. |
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