A 24' x 24' pontoon Operations Platform with a steel recovery boom will be assembled and positioned over the Ghost and secured with anchors.

The 'Barge' will also be outfitted with generators and shelters for the ROV operations.

A sheltered location on the lee side of Fokker Island near the Ghost for equipment will be set up.

The Ops Platform will be harbored nightly or in times when foul weather threatens the platform and the recovery. The team members will scout the nearby shore to select a lift site where the lift boom will be secured.

An emergency helicopter landing pad will be established and the coordinates relayed to DND who will be providing a CH-146 Griffin helicopter to lift the Ghost to a transfer point at Deer Lake, Ontario. (Alternate site is Pine Dock)

A network of light beacon buoys will be deployed as a guide during night activities to and from the Ghost site.

Two work-class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and their operators will arrive and the recovery begins.

The ROVs will document every square centimeter of the aircraft with video and still photographs. One will test the wing for its integrity.

Photographs and videos will be analyzed by the team and associated specialist to fine tune the recovery process.

A special buoyant harness will be attached to the lifting lugs on the airframe by the ROV. This will be then attached to a lift cable and winch on the Operations Platform.

The two ROVs will bring into play a dredge that will remove material from on top of and under each ski, removing the 'sticktion' created by pressure on the glacially deposited clay-like bottom material.

Pressure will exerted by the winch and the Ghost should slowly ascend under the watchful eyes of the ROVs.

When the Ghost is is about 50-70 feet off the bottom, the lift point will be shifted from the centre of the Ops Platform to the end of the overhanging and horizontal boom.