(Imagery from BEA Report; April 2011)
The team used three deepwater REMUS-6000 AUVs operating off the M/V Alucia to conduct the search using low-frequency sidescan sonar. Once the wreckage was located, high-resolution sidescan sonar and cameras were used to map and image the debris site.
(Imagery from BEA Report; May 2011)
The 2011 team that found the wreckage was composed of experts from WHOI, Airbus, Air France, the French Bureau of Investigation and Analysis (BEA), Waitt Institute for Discovery, Sherrell Offshore Services (SOS) and Seafloor Investigations (SFI).