The newly acquired firm was renamed Eastport International and was a world leader in deep ocean technology development and operations . Eastport set private sector depth records for successful undersea operations in water depths in excess of 5,000 meters as early as 1991 . Eastport was the Navy 's choice to support its deep ocean search and recovery needs for over 20 years , and played a key role in projects including the recovery of the space shuttle '' Challenger '' , the search for Korean Air Lines Flight 007 , the recovery of the South African Airways Helderberg SA 182 , the recovery of TWA Flight 800 , and many classified military recoveries
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Craig T. Mullen