Wreckage of Cargo Ship Believed to be El Faro Located in More Than 15,000 Feet of Water

http://elfaroincident.com/el-faro-updates/ntsb-news-release-10-31-15/ ^ | Oct 31, 2015 | Emily Reiter

[Ray76]

A search team on board the USNS Apache has found the wreckage of a vessel that they believe to be the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing on Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin. The vessel was located at a depth of about 15,000 feet in the vicinity of the last known position.

[UCANSEE2]

Wow. Almost 3 miles down.

[BBell]

Can’t wait to see the video.

[CGASMIA68]

intact and up right........musta taken a big one

[ctdonath2]

I’m thinking my Amazon order was on that.

[MNDude]

Such a creepy thought of those bodies lying so far below.

[SkyDancer]

But they can’t find that airliner that went down?

[fso301]

But they can’t find that airliner that went down?

Big difference.

[RayChuang88]

Here's the difference: we have a VERY good idea of El Faro's last location when the captain made the distress call. As such, they could search for the location where the ship went down fairly easily, even if the remains of the ship was on the sea floor in very deep water.

[Husker24]

In an era of GPS, I don’t understand how this can still happen.

[Jeff Chandler]

They could make a movie about it.

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[Jeff Chandler]

Whoa. I can’t believe I said that.

[jonascord]

Unlike what you see in the movies, airplanes larger than certain size tend to come apart, violently, when they hit the water. A swamped modern freighter, on the other hand is really large, and usually pretty much intact.

Much easier to find. Modern side scan sonar is really detailed.

[Nailbiter]

If you watch the internet- every few years they find a aircraft that went missing in late 30 to late 40’s.
I am often amazed that they are not found sooner, but many areas of the earth are still inaccessible.

Also as someone remarked further down, ships are strong- aircraft are light weight and not very strong, they tend to ome apart when stopping suddenly.

[Jimmy Valentine]

In the novel “Wreck of the Mary Deare” an old freighter is wrecked for insurance supposedly carrying airplane engines but in fact crates filled with rocks. Wonder if they will pull a container or two to check the contents

[Tallguy]

Big difference. An airliner missing over the Indian Ocean well away from any known shipping lanes. Plus an airliner is as flimsy as a beer can. If it hits the water hard enough (practically a guarantee) its literally shredded. Not a lot of metal lying together to get a ‘hit’ on.

[SkyDancer]

They found that Air France plane that went down - okay well after two years but they did find it.

[SkyDancer]

They found that Air France plane that went down - okay well after two years but they did find it.

[SkyDancer]

They found that Air France plane that went down - okay well after two years but they did find it.

[SunkenCiv]

earlier on FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3355161/posts