SS EL FARO Missing

http://gcaptain.com/we-wont-learn-anything-what-sank-el-faro-and-what-didnt/#.VhgHa8s-CmE
 
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34691321 --
Searchers say they believe they have found the wreckage of a cargo ship which went missing off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last month.

The 790ft (241m) El Faro disappeared while sailing from Florida to Puerto Rico with 33 crew on board.

A US Navy ship using sonar equipment has now located a vessel at a depth of 15,000ft.

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A "probable" find. If confirmed, they intend to attempt to retrieve the recorder.
 
Yes. It's a huge story in NE FL since the ship was considered "Jacksonville Based" and about half the crew local residents. Local news article repeats the post ^^^ and the BBC article. Adds that searchers planned 13 patterns and found it on Pattern 5.
 
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2015/11/crews_end_search_of_sunken_shi.html Voyage Data Recorder not found ( could not find the mast it was mounted upon ). Search terminated.
 
Just saw that on GCaptain. Shame. I was really looking forward to learning what the VDR had to contribute in way of answers.
 
Like what? Captain, don't go that way. The weather sucks. Captain, I got this don't worry. We know everything we need to know. Wrong course given the weather predictions.
 
No, more like what happened when they lost the plant and were left adrift in the path of the storm rather than being able to steam around the worst of it.
 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/el-faros-black-box-found-231903750.html?nhp=1
 
http://www.news4jax.com/news/ntsb-finds-el-faros-missing-data-recorder
 
http://www.wmtw.com/news/second-week-of-el-faro-hearings-begin-monday/39557164 ------------

U.S. Coast Guard began a second round of public hearings Monday into the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro.

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It's all pretty much b.s. until they get the recorder up IMHO.
 
http://gcaptain.com/nstb-26-hours-of-information-recovered-from-el-faros-vdr/ "is providing investigators with important clues about the ship’s sinking during Hurricane Joaquin last October, including that the Master gave the order to abandon ship about 10 minutes before the data cuts off. "
 
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