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Posted on 10/02/2015 9:50:14 AM PDT by cll
Coast Guard search and rescue crews are searching for a container ship with 33 crew members that sailed out of Jacksonville and was reported to be caught in Hurricane Joaquin, near Crooked Island, Bahamas.
The El Faro, a 735-foot ro-ro cargo ship, sailed out of Jacksonville Tuesday en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Tim Nolan, president of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, said that when the ship sailed, the crew was monitoring what was then Tropical Storm Joaquin. He said TOTE lost all communication with the El Faro as of 7:20 a.m. Thursday.
"There are a number of possible reasons for the loss of communications, among them the increasing severity of Hurricane Joaquin," Nolan said in a statement.
About 7:30 a.m. Thursday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Atlantic Area command center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an Inmarsat satellite notification stating the El Faro was beset by Hurricane Joaquin, had lost propulsion and had a 15-degree list. The crew reported the ship had previously taken on water, but that all flooding had been contained.
"The concern was they became disabled right in the vicinity of the eye of Joaquin," Coast Guard Capt. Mark Fedor said. "So they were in a very dangerous situation."
I cannot imagine how scary that would be on the ship. Praying for good news.
on no... another Bermuda triangle mystery
Ro-ro?
It's a ro boat?
Roll on - roll off
Waiting for the “but it’s aliens” guy...
Woops. I searched for “joaquin” and some other keywords before posting. Thanks.
My fault...I forgot to put keywords in my post! :)
30 hours and no communication or sightings of ship or
debris doesn’t bode well, imo.
The perfect storm? What caused the propulsion loss.
Almost identical size as the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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