Organisert dykking til B-29 vrak i Lake Mead, USA

Park Service Seeks Tour Guides For B-29 Wreckage

The B-29 Superfortress crash site in Lake Mead, Nevada, will once again be open to guided tours pending the selection of businesses to operate the dives, the National Park Service announced on its website. The agency is taking applications for two business opportunities operating guided scuba diving at the wreckage. The historic site, now managed by the Park Service, was discovered by local divers in 2001. In 2008, the Park Service awarded two companies one-year authorizations for guided dives there. The B-29 crashed during a high-altitude atmospheric research mission on July 21, 1948. The crew of five survived, but the bomber was lost in the lake.  The National Park Service's competitive selection process will consider applicants based on resource protection, ability to operate safely and the ability to interact effectively with Park Service staff, the agency said. Applications must be submitted by Jan. 23. The two-year commercial-use authorizations will include scuba dive guiding at the B-29 site, limited to 100 client dives during each 12-month period of the permit, and unlimited scuba instruction and scuba charter for other locations at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the Park Service said. Details about the business opportunities are available from the federal government here.