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CODA Octopus

CODA Octopus is a sonar technology that can produce 3D images of underwater wreckage.

03/19/2025

Key Bridge Disaster: Reflect, Recover, Rebuild

CODA Octopus

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CODA Octopus is a sonar technology that can produce 3D images of underwater wreckage.

What does it take to remove thousands of tons of Key Bridge debris from the murky water? The U.S. Navy’s salvage team used a new technology called Coda Octopus, an underwater 3D sonar technology that allows them to see how steel and concrete were laying across the Ft. McHenry shipping channel and create the best strategy to remove it.

03/19/2025

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Key Bridge Disaster: Reflect, Recover, Rebuild is a local public television program presented by MPT

Honoring Key Bridge Collapse First Responders, Heroes & Remembering Victims

Clip | 2m 16s | Honoring Key Bridge Collapse First Responders, Heroes & Remembering Victims (2m 16s)

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Preview | 30s | An in-depth look at the human and economic impacts of the Key Bridge collapse. (30s)

CODA Octopus

Clip | 1m 44s | CODA Octopus is a sonar technology that can produce 3D images of underwater wreckage. (1m 44s)

Rescue Diving Team

Clip | 2m 19s | Middle River Volunteer Fire and Rescue dive team responding to the Key Bridge disaster. (2m 19s)

Longshoremen

Clip | 2m 10s | When Key Bridge fell, the port employees had to look for alternate work to support their families. (2m 10s)

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