The hunt for the 5,330-lane-metre MV El Faro (built 1975) resumes after the US Coast Guard said it suspended the search at sundown Friday with 850 square nautical miles (2,920 square kilometres) covered. US Coast Guard has been unable to re-establish communications with the US-flag ship since Thursday morning, when crew reported that it had lost propulsion and developed a 15-degree list.
US Coast Guard's latest update on the incident also reports that MV El Faro also had taken on water, but that all flooding had been contained before the ship went missing.
Friday's search included the US Coast Guard Cutter Northland, HC-130 Hercules airplanes and a MH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter that had been forward deployed the Bahamas. New Jersey-based TOTE Maritime said that its primary concern is for the safety of the 33 crew members on board the ship.
MV El Faro left Jacksonville, Florida, for San Juan, Puerto Rico, expecting to face a tropic storm, but it quickly developed into a hurricane that reach Category 4 strength. 28 Americans on MV El Faro and 5 Polish seafarers. The Jones Act ro-ro is classed by American Bureau of Shipping and has insurance through Steamship Mutual.
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