NTSB Update on El Faro Investigation

http://ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20151103a.aspx ^ | Nov 3, 2015

[Ray76]

The National Transportation Safety Board has contracted with the U.S. Navy to locate the El Faro, document the wreckage and debris field and recover the voyage data recorder (VDR). Below is an update of recent activities.

• The Curve 21 remote operated vehicle (ROV) was used to confirm that the vessel found was the El Faro.

• The ROV documented both the port and starboard sides of the vessel.

• The vessel is oriented in an upright position with the stern buried in approximately 30 feet of sediment.

• The navigation bridge and the deck below have separated from the vessel and have not been located.

• The voyage data recorder has not been located.

• The team has reviewed sonar scans of the nearby debris field and has not identified any targets that have a high probability of being the missing navigation bridge structure.

• Future plans are to redeploy the Orion side scan sonar system to generate a map of the debris field to locate the navigation bridge structure.

[reed13k]

Wow - wicked break up based on this description.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Sounds like they hit a big rogue wave or rogue trough and the navigation bridge couldn’t take the impact.

[FourtySeven]

Who knew there was such a thing as a “navigation bridge”. Sounds a bit redundant to me. Aren’t all bridges used for navigation?

[centurion316]

“Who knew there was such a thing as a “navigation bridge”

All mariners know this. Like all terms nautical, there is a history and you need to understand the history in order to understand the term, what it means, and how if fits into life at sea.

As you will discover, the orginal bridge was not used for navigation, but eventually that became the primary purpose of a bridge. Some ships have multiple bridges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_%28nautical%29

[FourtySeven]

Interesting thanks!