Posted on 10/05/2015 7:16:02 AM PDT by cll
Edited on 10/05/2015 8:48:12 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
(USCG confirms SS El faro has sunk. 1 body and one damaged life boat found among large debris field. details forthcoming.)
MIAMI, Florida (NEWS CENTER) -- The search to find the missing cargo ship, El Faro, which disappeared Thursday in the midst of Hurricane Joaquin with at least four Mainers on board, started up again early Monday morning.According to the U. S. Coast Guard, HC130 aircrews left early in the morning to continue their search for the missing crew.
Prayers for the families of the sailors.
This is a big news story here in Maine.
Four of the crew members were from Maine.
The NBC TV affiliate in Portland, ME had a special report and carried the news conference the Coast Guard was conducting from Miami, starting at 10:10 AM Eastern time.
Just damn.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The latest on the search for a U.S. cargo ship carrying 33 people that has been missing since it encountered high winds and heavy seas from Hurricane Joaquin. All times local:
10:15 a.m.
The Coast Guard says it found the body of one crew member from a U.S.-based cargo ship that sank during a hurricane off the Bahamas.
Excerpt, more at: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BAHAMAS_MISSING_SHIP_THE_LATEST_FLOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-10-05-10-16-38
“Capt. Mark Fedor said Monday that an airborne crew spotted several survival suits floating amid debris from the El Faro. Most were empty but one had a body. A helicopter crew confirmed the person was dead but had to leave the body behind to continue the search for possible survivors”. - AP
She sailed from Florida last Tuesday, right into the storm.
Why ?
Prayers for those families.
Eternal Father...bump.
“Fedor also says crews found one of two lifeboats from El Faro, but it had no people or signs of life. He says the ship had two lifeboats, and each can hold 43 people”. - AP
On the news. They said they used a weather model that had the storm going the other way.
30 + lives and a good ship lost.
So sad.
Prayers.
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/05/us/el-faro-missing-ship-hurricane-joaquin/
Video at link: “Still looking for survivors” - Capt. Capt. Mark Fedor, USCG
You take a big gamble by choosing one weather model over another...It’s one thing if all of the models agree, however the models for this hurricane kept changing with time. Sometimes you have to bight the bullet and wait it out before venturing into that unknown.
Horrific...
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