After the blasts, experts from around the world were flown in by Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company which owns the rig, in an effort to keep the platform afloat. Although salvage teams tried to save it by pumping nitrogen and compressed air into the tanks to expel the water, high winds and rough seas hindered their efforts. Soon after, the platform shifted suddenly, causing it to sink.
Salvage experts have said there is no possibility of raising the platform, and it will be difficult to recover the bodies of the workers believed to have gone down with it.