Bahamas search for lost U.S ship finds debris but no answers

Aircraft and ships searching off the Bahamas islands for a U.S. cargo ship that lost contact during Hurricane Joaquin have found more debris and clues but no definitive word yet on the fate of the vessel or the 33 people on board. The owner of the 790-foot El Faro said a container that appears to have come from the ship was found, while the Coast Guard said it had located a debris field that included what appeared to be pieces of container. Searchers have also spotted an oil sheen and found a life ring from the El Faro.

We still don’t have communication with the ship and we don’t even know if the debris field is from the ship.

life ring from the El Faro.Chief Petty Officer Bobby

Two Coast Guard cutters, the Northland and Resolute, were expected to continue searching overnight Sunday as the aircraft returned to their bases. The fourth-day of searching across a wide expanse of the Atlantic Ocean near Crooked Island was aided by the first day of calmer weather now that Joaquin has left the Bahamas and was en route to Bermuda. Authorities lost contact with the El Faro early Thursday as the ship sailed through the Bahamas at the height of the storm as it sailed from its homeport in Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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