ing ▁equipment ▁was ▁lost ▁when ▁the ▁vessel ▁went ▁down . ▁ ▁Rec overy ▁of ▁the ▁air plane ▁co ck pit ▁voice ▁rec order ▁in ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁Val u J et ▁Fl ight ▁ 5 9 2 ▁was ▁a ▁priority ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁In ▁the ▁days ▁following ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁T WA ▁Fl ight ▁ 8 0 0 ▁later ▁that ▁same ▁year , ▁O ce ane ering ▁was ▁contact ed ▁to ▁provide ▁RO V ▁support ▁to ▁the ▁US ▁Navy ▁lead ▁search ▁and ▁recovery ▁effort . ▁ ▁Bo eing ▁and ▁F ug ro ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁O ce ane ering ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁to ▁begin ▁integration ▁of ▁their ▁advanced ▁technology ▁into ▁deep ▁sea ▁expl oration . ▁ ▁O ce ane ering ▁helped ▁recover ▁the ▁Confeder ate ▁sub marine ▁H . ▁L . ▁Hun ley , ▁which ▁s ank ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 4 . ▁Several ▁recovery ▁plans ▁were ▁evaluated ; ▁the ▁final ▁recovery ▁included ▁a ▁tr uss ▁structure ▁with ▁fo am ▁to ▁surr ound ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁the ▁sub marine . ▁On ▁August ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁at ▁ 8 : 3 7   a . m ., ▁the ▁sub ▁broke ▁the ▁surface ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 3 6 ▁years . ▁ ▁On ▁August ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁NASA ▁announced ▁it ▁would ▁issue ▁a ▁Request ▁for ▁Pro pos al ▁( R FP ) ▁for ▁the ▁design , ▁development , ▁cert ification