After concluding the rescue of the victims of the Cerdedo-Cotobade accident, work has targeted on recovering the wrecked bus, which had been semi-submerged within the Lérez River because it suffered the accident on Christmas Eve. Shortly after 3:30 p.m. this Tuesday, the crane started to raise the bus and simply half an hour later the car lastly landed on the mainland, on the viaduct from which it had fallen, amid nice media expectation.
It has been a really advanced operation. A big gadget is within the space the place the bus suffered the accident from early within the morning. The very first thing has been to find out if the viaduct would resist the burden of the crane plus that of the bus. For this, load exams have been carried out and the technicians have calculated that the bridge can help as much as 300 tons. They have defined that it may sink as much as 15 centimeters with out being harmful.
The crucial counterweights have been then put in to stop the crane from tipping over and a number of other plates alongside the viaduct to distribute the load, work that lasted a few hours. Meanwhile, within the river, divers from the Special Group for Underwater Activities of the Civil Guard (GEAS) labored to get the bus hooked with slings in order that it could be protected to raise it from the crane.
An enormous crane has recovered the bus, which was within the riverNIUS
The climate circumstances have been favorable
Supervising the operation have been these accountable for the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) in Pontevedra, the provincial head of highways, the provincial head of visitors and the captain accountable for the visitors subsector of Pontevedra. Maica Darriba, subdelegate of the Government in Pontevedra, has clarified that the operation has developed usually, as deliberate, one thing that the climate circumstances have helped. “The river movement has decreased, which is all the time a consider favor of the rescue having the ability to be carried out in higher circumstances. And the climate circumstances are superb, there is no such thing as a wind or rain,” mentioned Darriba. The sub-delegate has additionally defined that though “the price of the operation is borne by the corporate” it has been supervised “always by these accountable for MITMA”.
The injured bus, already on the NIUS viaduct
Now the car will probably be examined as a result of it is a vital a part of the investigation to seek out out what occurred. In addition, an announcement is pending from the 2 survivors (the driving force and one of many passengers) and a reconstruction of what occurred will probably be carried out by a specialised group of the Civil Guard.