There was nothing mechanical about the decision to sail into a cat-3 hurricane.
There was nothing mechanical about the decision to sail into a cat-3 hurricane.
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I agree. I’ve seen a map of El Faro’s route. They were heading on a direct course for the center of the hurricane. The sinking was inevitable. This story from the company is baloney.
Here’s a link to a map of the route with the hurricane path:
http://cdn1.24live.co/images/2015/10/06/1444083534283980.jpg
According to the time stamps it doesn’t look like the ship was slowing down or adrift. At best the captain, or more likely the company, was taking a big gamble on the storm changing directions.
