12日晚22时55分，“东海救111”轮成功将“雪龙号”南极科考船租用失事直升机机骸打捞出水。机骸由救助船送往附近码头。

　　20时15分，上海外高桥水域平潮，在直升机坠落锁定位置海通六期码头附近等候多时的交通运输部东海救助局应急队员潜入水中，经过5分钟的潜水作业，很快发现坠落直升机。

　　随后，东海救助局立即召开现场紧急会议，准备连夜抢捞直升机。经过2个多小时的抢捞工作，终于在22时55分成功将失事飞机机骸打捞出水。

　　12日11时20分许，“雪龙号”科考船租用的舰载直升机在完成科考任务从“雪龙号”返回驻地时，起飞约一分钟后失事坠入江中。中国海上搜救中心迅速组织力量，全力投入救助，落水的四名机组人员中三人获救，一人失踪。

　　据悉，事发时直升机上有两名飞行员，两名机械师，四人均为男性，其中机长杨华和李宝辉、唐立君已被救起，无生命危险，机械师杨永昌失踪。

　　Rescuers have lifted out of water the wreckage of a helicopter which served China's Antarctic exploration ship, Xuelong.

　　The plane crashed in the East China Sea off Shanghai Sunday, two days after Xuelong returned to the city from its Antarctic mission.

　　The wreckage was out of water at 10:55 p.m.Sunday, about two and a half hours after divers found the wreckage almost a nautical mile from the crash site, said Sun Fumin, director of the East China Sea Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport.

　　The rescue boat shipped the wreckage to a nearby port. The search for the missing mechanic was continuing, Sun said.

　　Four crew members, all men, were aboard the helicopter when it crashed near the estuary of the Yangtze River at about 11:20 a.m., said a spokesman for the China Marine Search and Rescue Center.