Preparations have begun for the repair of the internet line, which was damaged by the tanker PERIA, which anchored in Keçilik Bay, near the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, due to a machine malfunction while sailing from Russia to Izmir .
According to information obtained by HaberDenize.com, the Italian-flagged painting repair ship Antonio Meucci is currently on its way to Türkiye. It was learned that the ship requested permission from the administration for air-supported repair, which is planned to start at 02.00 on February 3 and last for 67.5 hours.
KAFOS internet line
It was learned that the 3000 dwt dynamic position ship will repair the damaged cables in the K.1 region of the “KAFOS Submarine Fiber Optic Cable System” between Büyükdere and İğneada, which carries Türkiye’s national and international voice, data and internet traffic.
It takes its name from the inventor
The ship that came for cable repair takes its name from Italian inventor Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci. In 1854, Meucci invented the device he called the teletrofono, which converted sound first into electrical waves and then into sound at the other end of the device. This device is considered the first example of the phone.
It’s happened before
In January 2022, the same fiber optic internet cables were damaged when another ship anchored, and the cable-laying ship named Raymond Croze, owned by French Telecommunications, came for repairs. The same ship was sold for dismantling a few days ago and arrived in Aliağa.
