Cargo Business Newswire

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

U.S. Navy will look for El Faro and its data recorder

The U.S. Navy soon will set out to find the cargo ship El Faro sunk in Hurricane Joaquin and locate a data recorder to find out why it went down.

The El Faro lost power and went down in 15,000 feet of water east of the Bahamas last Thursday while attempting to outrun Hurricane Joaquin on its regular route from Jacksonville, Fla., to Puerto Rico, the

Coast Guard and Tote Maritime said.

The Coast Guard suspended its search for survivors in the disaster at sunset Wednesday, saying it was unlikely anyone would be found alive.

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