JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: In sharp contrast to the high-tech salvage gear used to recover the flight recorders off California, CNN's Ben Wedeman reports on the retrieval efforts at the crash site of Kenya Airlines flight 431 in the waters off Africa's Ivory Coast.</s>BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Up from the deep -- empty-handed. Divers have only now begun to search the waters where they believe lies the fuselage of Kenya Airways flight 431, a full three days after the plane plunged into the water. But with little more than a hunch to go on, their efforts yield little. With no special equipment, they grope about in waters more than 70-feet deep. Visibility below the surface is a mere six feet. The best equipment they have is their eyes. (on camera): Hampered by a severe shortage of technical and financial resources, the salvage effort is proceeding, at best, very slowly. Ivory Coast officials are quick to acknowledge they simply do not possess the wherewithal to conduct this investigation. (voice-over): At the port of Abidjan, debris collected from the surface sits unattended in a jumble, waiting for an expert eye. With few clues to go on, the pieces to this puzzle lie scattered on the bottom of the sea. Ben Wedeman, CNN, off the coast of Abidjan.
Recovery Efforts in Crash of Kenya Airways Flight 431 Yield Little So Far