NTSB Recovers Voyage Data Recorder From El Faro
Source: ABC News
Nearly 10 months after the cargo ship El Faro sank during Hurricane Joaquin, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recovered a key piece of evidence that could answer many remaining questions about the loss of El Faro and its 33-member crew.
The agency announced today that the voyage data recorder was successfully retrieved from the ocean floor in the Bahamas late Monday evening.
“The recovery of the recorder has the potential to give our investigators greater insight into the incredible challenges that the El Faro crew faced,” said NTSB Chairman Christopher A. Hart. "But it’s just one component of a very complex investigation.”
In April, the agency said it located the recorder at a depth of about 15,000 feet, where the wreckage rests. But recovering it was an entirely different mission.
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By JEFFREY COOK - Aug 9, 2016, 2:23 PM ET
[font size=1]El Faro voyage data recorder is seen here in fresh water on the USNS Apache.[/font]
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NTSB Press Release: Recorder from Cargo Ship El Faro Recovered
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Source: Reuters
World | Tue Aug 9, 2016 2:18pm EDT
U.S. recovers data recorder from sunken cargo ship El Faro
The data recorder from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank near the Bahamas during a Caribbean hurricane last October, has been recovered, offering possible answers about why the vessel went down, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.
The device, found late on Monday on the ocean floor after 10 months of searching, could provide navigational data and communications between crew members that could help determine what happened in the final hours before the 790-foot (241-meter) ship sank, officials said.
All 33 crew onboard died when the ship sank off the Bahamas on Oct. 1, two days after leaving Jacksonville on a routine cargo run between Florida and Puerto Rico, before the storm intensified into a hurricane. It was the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel in more than three decades.
"The recovery of the recorder has the potential to give our investigators greater insight into the incredible challenges that the El Faro crew faced," NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart said in a statement.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ship-elfaro-idUSKCN10K1U1
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