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                 US Navy Team Searching for Missing Cargo Ship

   by VOA News

   A U.S. Navy salvage team is preparing to launch a remotely operated
   submersible to confirm that wreckage discovered near the Bahamas is
   that of the cargo ship El Faro, lost in a hurricane last month.

   The 240-meter El Faro vanished on October 1 with 33 crew members during
   Hurricane Joaquin.

   Authorities said they aim to survey the wreckage and hope to locate a
   voyage data recorder -- the ship's "black box" -- that could yield
   clues as to what happened.

   If human remains are encountered during the submersible operation, the
   Navy will attempt to recover them.

   El Faro's captain made a distress call before the vessel disappeared
   during its voyage from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

   An extensive search by the U.S. Coast Guard found only floating debris
   and one body in a survival suit, which was not recovered.

   The loss of El Faro was the worst maritime accident involving a
   U.S.-flag vessel since 1983.
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