Different groups have spotted Industry’s wreckage since 2011, but exploration of the site wasn’t pursued until recently. James Delgado, senior vice president of SEARCH Inc., a cultural resource management firm, said the agency asked him if their NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, a sea exploration vessel, could run tests on some “targets.”
An “interesting” wreckage site trapped in the Gulf’s loop currents came to mind, he said.
“I said, ‘If we ever get a chance to drop back down and take a good look at [Industry], we should do it,’” Delgado said.