WW2 German aircraft located in Norwegian fjord
The two wrecks are located at depths of 318 and 253 metres, a few kilometres from Trondheim city centre, and have never been visited by divers or underwater vehicles before. The Norwegian Navy located the wrecks using a Hugin AUV, an autonomous wireless underwater robot that can be programmed to map the seabed with sonar.
Hugin is one of the world's most advanced underwater vehicles and can dive to a depth of 6,000 metres. However, it must maintain a certain height above the seabed to avoid the risk of getting stuck in the wrecks.