The wreckage found at the bottom of the ocean on Saturday was positively identified as the missing El Faro, the National Transportation and Safety Board said on Monday.
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The NTSB now confirms the identity of the wreckage, saying that their survey of the area and vessel continues.
Lashawn Rivera was a crew member aboard El Faro. The CURV 21, which is outfitted with a video camera, is also searching for the ship’s data recorder. “The NTSB said over the weekend that a salvage team onboard the U”.
Again, no sign. Three days of searches passed.
TOTE Maritime, the owners of the El Faro ship filed papers in court arguing that it should not be held liable for the ship sinking at sea, or at least liability should be limited.
Using sophisticated sonar equipment, the Navy tugboat came across wreckage consistent with a 790-foot cargo ship and it appears to be in the upright position and in one piece.
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Now that the ship has been located, the remote control vehicle, called a CURVE-21, will be used to document the vessel and the debris field and attempt to locate the ship’s voyage data recorder, NTSB officials said. The United States cargo ship built in 1975 and owned by Tote Maritime left Jacksonville, Florida on September 29 full of commercial goods with a crew of 28 U.S. Merchant Mariners and five members from Poland. The ship reported an emergency during Hurricane Joaquin and later lost contact.
