updates:
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The latest on the search for a cargo ship missing off the coast of Bahamas (all times local):
3 p.m.
An Air Force base in south Mississippi says two planes with ‘Hurricane Hunter’ air crews that flew into Hurricane Joaquin had also been involved in the search for the U.S. cargo ship lost with 33 people on board.
Maj. Marnee Lasurdo told the Sun Herald of Biloxi that the two C-130 crews were studying the storm on Thursday when the Coast Guard asked their help. She says the crews searched near the Bahamas on Thursday and Friday for the 790-foot El Faro.
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1:40 p.m.
The owner of the missing cargo ship says a contracted tugboat and another of its ships have found a container that appears to be from the El Faro.
But Tim Nolan, president of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, says in a statement “there has been no sighting of the El Faro or any life boats.”
This is probably very bad news, although it’s possible she lost a few containers from the reported 15% list.
Today was good weather for searching.