No thanks to recent delays from bad weather, salvage work on the grounded minesweeper USS Guardian may go beyond Holy Week or end-March, the Philippine Coast Guard said Friday.
Coast Guard Palawan and Task Force Tubbataha head Commodore Enrico Evangelista said they may even work until the second week of April, radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported.
Evangelista was quoted in the report as saying that with the delays brought by bad weather, it is not impossible they may go beyond the original deadline of March 23.
He said they are also not discounting the possibility they may go beyond Holy Week, the last week of March.
Earlier this month, big waves and strong winds forced salvage crews to suspend work on extricating the USS Guardian from Tubbataha Reef.
While salvage work has since resumed after the weather improved, Evangelista said they are entering a critical phase of the operation.
He said they are now focusing on removing a part of the deck, and may need five to six days to cut the hull into three sections.
The USS Guardian ran aground off Tubbataha Reef last Jan. 17. The Tubbataha Management Office estimates it may have damaged some 4,000 square meters of the reef.
He said they are also not discounting the possibility they may go beyond Holy Week, the last week of March.
Earlier this month, big waves and strong winds forced salvage crews to suspend work on extricating the USS Guardian from Tubbataha Reef.
While salvage work has since resumed after the weather improved, Evangelista said they are entering a critical phase of the operation.
He said they are now focusing on removing a part of the deck, and may need five to six days to cut the hull into three sections.
The USS Guardian ran aground off Tubbataha Reef last Jan. 17. The Tubbataha Management Office estimates it may have damaged some 4,000 square meters of the reef.
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