A US coastguard official was also seen arriving shortly after midday.īarry Young’s nephew, Sean Riviera is on board El Faro. Today Tote workers were called into the company’s Jacksonville Headquarters and Red Cross officials were seen entering the building. 'Tomorrow, we will have three C-130s flying and the Navy will be assisting again with a P-8 aircraft.'įamilies of some of the missing crewmembers from Maine will attend a private prayer vigil this evening. 'It validates our search efforts and while we are disappointed we did not find the ship today we are hopeful,' Coast Guard spokesman Marilyn Fajardo told CNN on Saturday. However, they insist the finding is positive as it 'validates our search effort'. Items found by the US Coastguard search teams - who have covered an area of more than 70,000 square nautical miles - also include containers, loose deck materials and oil sheen, officials confirmed to Daily Mail Online.
‘So we hold out hope until there is confirmation that the materials in the debris field came in fact from El Faro.’Īsked if the search now was for the ship or for lifeboats at this stage Mr Chiarello said: ‘We’re looking for anything we can – the ship, lifeboats or both.’ ‘You have to remember there was a lot of debris that came off the neighboring islands and blew into the water so to have a significant debris field in that area there likely will be many one would expect based on just the severity of the storm. Published: 16:07 GMT, 4 October 2015 | Updated: 11:25 GMT, 5 October 2015Īddressing the discovery of the debris field on Sunday night, Antony Chiarello, President and CEO of Tote Inc, the firm that owns and operates the boat, admitted: ‘You don’t want to find that of course but we hold out hope that until we have specific confirmation of what the debris field includes and specific identification that ties it to the El Faro. Theresa Davidson said her captain husband Michael is 'extremely capable' and believes he and his crew will be rescued this weekendīy Laura Collins In Jacksonville, Florida, For.'Right now I need to find out if they’ve located my child,' said Laurie Bobillot whose daughter Danielle Randolph, 34, from Maine is on board.Wife of a crewmember Rochelle Hamm, 44, revealed her confusion at the captain's decision to set sail even though he knew the storm was coming.The ship, of 28 Americans and 5 Poles, 'sailed into Hurricane Joaquin'.Oil sheen, deck material and containers also found near Crooked Island.Debris has been found scattered over a 225 square nautical mile area.By Sunday afternoon, search had covered 70,000 square nautical miles.Cargo ship El Faro was last seen near Crooked Island, Bahamas, on Friday.Aircraft find 225 SQUARE MILE debris field in hunt for cargo ship that vanished into Hurricane Joaquin with 33 crew aboard
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