Finding recorder key to solving the sinking of cargo ship, Investigators aggravating to actuate why a 790-foot burden address adjourned and sank in the bawl apprehension of Hurricane Joaquin will be analytic for a blithely black accessory anchored to the accouter and pinging abroad in the black and burden of the 15,000-foot-deep sea.
Authorities say the El Faro's boating abstracts recorder, agnate to the "black box" on an aircraft, would accommodate a abundance of abstracts on what befell the address and the 33 humans aboard in the hours afore it is believed to accept gone down. The address itself has not yet been located.
Recovering the recorder at such base could be challenging. Assuming the accessory can be located, the National Transportation Safety Board will plan with the Coast Guard, Navy and added agencies to devise a way to accompany it up, acceptable application a robotic, remote-controlled submersible able of diving abundant depths.
"We wish to acquisition every bit of advice that we possibly can," NTSB carnality armchair Bella Dinh-Zarr said. "We will be actuality as continued as it takes."
The El Faro absent ability and went down in 15,000 anxiety of baptize east of the Bahamas endure Thursday while attempting to outrun Hurricane Joaquin on its approved avenue from Jacksonville, Florida, to Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard and address buyer Tote Maritime accept said.
The captain appear the address was advertisement and demography on baptize through an accessible hatch. Then transmissions ceased.
An accelerated seek over tens of bags of aboveboard afar of ocean angry up one anonymous physique in a adaptation clothing as able-bodied as ample amounts of debris, including a heavily damaged activity baiter — but no assurance of survivors. The Coast Guard appear it was suspending the seek at dark Wednesday.
"Any accommodation to append a seek is painful," said Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor. "They did all they could."
Authorities say the El Faro's boating abstracts recorder, agnate to the "black box" on an aircraft, would accommodate a abundance of abstracts on what befell the address and the 33 humans aboard in the hours afore it is believed to accept gone down. The address itself has not yet been located.
Recovering the recorder at such base could be challenging. Assuming the accessory can be located, the National Transportation Safety Board will plan with the Coast Guard, Navy and added agencies to devise a way to accompany it up, acceptable application a robotic, remote-controlled submersible able of diving abundant depths.
"We wish to acquisition every bit of advice that we possibly can," NTSB carnality armchair Bella Dinh-Zarr said. "We will be actuality as continued as it takes."
The El Faro absent ability and went down in 15,000 anxiety of baptize east of the Bahamas endure Thursday while attempting to outrun Hurricane Joaquin on its approved avenue from Jacksonville, Florida, to Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard and address buyer Tote Maritime accept said.
The captain appear the address was advertisement and demography on baptize through an accessible hatch. Then transmissions ceased.
An accelerated seek over tens of bags of aboveboard afar of ocean angry up one anonymous physique in a adaptation clothing as able-bodied as ample amounts of debris, including a heavily damaged activity baiter — but no assurance of survivors. The Coast Guard appear it was suspending the seek at dark Wednesday.
"Any accommodation to append a seek is painful," said Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor. "They did all they could."
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