Posted on 10/02/2015 9:01:12 AM PDT by halo66
MIAMI -
Coast Guard search and rescue crews are searching for a container ship with 33 crew members that sailed out of Jacksonville and was reported to be caught in Hurricane Joaquin, near Crooked Island, Bahamas.
The El Faro, a 735-foot ro-ro cargo ship, was en route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Jacksonville.
About 7:30 a.m. Thursday, watchstanders at the Coast Guard Atlantic Area command center in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an Inmarsat satellite notification stating the El Faro was beset by Hurricane Joaquin, had lost propulsion and had a 15-degree list. The crew reported the ship had previously taken on water, but that all flooding had been contained...
http://www.news4jax.com/news/jacksonville-cargo-ship-missing-in-hurricane/35618018
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How can a ship with modern navigational aids sail into the middle of a hurricane?
Here she is - doesn’t sound good that she lost propulsion.
http://cdn2.shipspotting.com/photos/middle/3/3/2/832233.jpg
Prayers for the crew.
Rogue wave maybe...
I was asking myself the same thing...
Being ‘dead in the water’ is NOT good at any time. Been there done that several times but thankfully not in a hurricane.
[Being ‘dead in the water’ is NOT good at any time.]
Yep, sounds pretty scary.
Not how, but why....?
Answer $$$$
I am sure the crew was a bit upset over the captains decision to head into an unpredictable storm.
If they lost power and are as top heavy as these vessels are, the contents of these containers and or the containers may be showing up on the SE Coast soon.
Not how, but why....?
Answer $$$$
I am sure the crew was a bit upset over the captains decision to head into an unpredictable storm.
If they lost power and are as top heavy as these vessels are, the contents of these containers and or the containers may be showing up on the SE Coast soon.
Yup. DITW means no generators or propulsion and everything needs to be done on failing emergency lighting and flashlights. Hoping for calm seas but looks like this one is doin’ a number with heavy seas and wind. Good luck and prayers to the crew.
Navigational aids don't help if you have either an idiot captain or a desperate management.
My husband works for that company that lost that ship. The people in the office are glued to CNN to find out what is happening.
I question someone’s sanity who decides to take a ship into a hurricane that has 150 mph wind gusts?
Please keep us in the loop if you hear anything. Prayers up for the crew/families and the folks that work for the shipping company.
Easy. They used modern diesel engines.........................
Almost 30 hours since the call came in and nothing. Doesn’t sound good
that no one has heard or sighted anything related to the ship.
A 15 degree list indicates significant flooding and loss of buoyancy. Coupled with strong winds and large waves from a slow moving hurricane capsize and catastrophic hull failure are strong possibilities. In storm seas the last thing you want to be is top-heavy and listing.
Wow...30 hours is a long time. Not looking good :(
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