Possible Debris From Sunken Cargo Ship El Faro Washes Ashore in Bahamas

Debris believed to be from missing American cargo ship El Faro, has washed ashore in San Salvador and Exhuma in the Bahamas, according to local reports.

Pictures published Thursday in the Nassau Guardian newspaper show what appears to be a large container fragment. A number on the wreckage can be traced to a unit that, according to software from TOTE Maritime, the owner of the sunken ship, was loaded and set sail on El Faro.

San Salvador Island Administrator Theophilus Cox told the newspaper that residents were also collecting toiletries and personal items “believed to be on the ship.”

Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board officials have not confirmed the debris is from the El Faro.

The cargo ship departed from Jacksonville, Florida, on Sept. 29 on route to San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 33 crew members on board. It went missing two days later when Hurricane Joaquin swept through the Carribean. [[336119511, C]]

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