Santorini
“'It was three parts torn away in any case and I figured that neither you nor the US Air Force would have any further use for it. So I had it burnt off.' Despite his faint air of apology, it was quite clear that Montgomery had no regrets about what had been a wholly unilateral decision: as the only expert on the spot, he had no intention of consulting anybody. 'A difficult decision and a tricky operation. No one, as far as I know, has ever before cut away the wing of a submerged big jet. That's ...where the fuel tanks are located and though it seemed likely that the partial tearing away of the wing had also ruptured the fuel lines and spilled the fuel, there was no way of being sure and no one, again as far as I know, has ever come up against the problem of what happens when an oxyacetylene jet meets a fuel tank under water. But my men were very careful, there was no fuel and so no trouble. And now, at the present moment, my men are securing flotation bags and lifting slings to the plane.'Removing this wing gives us two advantages, one minor, one major.MoreLess
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