Sinking of the Freight Vessel El Faro - National Transportation …
WEBOn October 1, 2015, during Hurricane Joaquin, the US-flagged cargo ship SS El Faro sank in the Atlantic Ocean about 40 nautical miles northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas. All 33 people on board perished.
WEBSinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro. Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas . October 1, 2015 . National Transportation Safety Board
WEBOn the evening of September 29, 2015, the US-flagged cargo ship El Faro cast off from Jacksonville, Florida, bound. for San Juan, Puerto Rico, with crew of 33 and a cargo of vehicles and shipping containers. The vessel was operated by TOTE Services, Inc. (TOTE), which, until 2 weeks before the accident, was known as Sea Star Line, LLC.
The Investigation of the Sinking of US Cargo Vessel El Faro
WEBThis 15 minute video summarizes the NTSB investigation of the October 1, 2015, sinking of El Faro and the loss of all 33 mariners aboard. It examines the NTSB’s determination of the cause of...
NTSB releases photos showing El Faro in final resting place
WEBJan 3, 2016 · The images of the sunken ship show a breach in the El Faro’s hull and its main navigation tower missing. Roth-Roffy says crews did locate one of the missing decks about a half-mile away from the main ship.
NTSB Releases Findings On What Sank The Doomed Ship El Faro
WEBDec 12, 2017 · The cargo ship sank in 2015 after sailing straight into a Category 3 hurricane, killing all 33 crew members aboard. When the cargo ship El Faro set out from port in Jacksonville, Fla., en route...
El Faro Cargo Ship's Final Hours Described In Transcript - NPR
WEBDec 13, 2016 · The National Transportation Safety Board has released a data recorder transcript from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank last year after it sailed into a hurricane. All 33 people on board died.
The Pathos of NTSB Transcripts of El Faro's Final Hours - The Atlantic
WEBDec 14, 2016 · On Tuesday, the NTSB released a transcript of audio recordings from the bridge of El Faro, the freighter that sank near the Bahamas in October 2015, after sailing into Hurricane Joaquin.
Why Did the El Faro Sink? - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WEBMar 3, 2017 · On Oct. 1, 2015, the 790-foot cargo ship El Faro sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin. All 33 crew members died in the tragedy. The ship was equipped with a voyage data recorder, or VDR, that could reveal clues to understand what happened, but it was lost in the depths.
WEBMar 3, 2021 · The loss of the U.S. flagged cargo vessel EL FARO, along with its 33 member crew, ranks as one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history, and resulted in the highest death toll from a U.S....