The Latest on the final hearing to determine probable cause in the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, which killed 33 mariners (all times local): 9:45 a.m. The National Transportation Safety Board's ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The final day of the U.S. Coast Guard hearing on the sinking of El Faro is Friday. The cargo ship sank near the Bahamas in October. The 33 crew members on board are presumed dead.

A ship captain's unwillingness to listen to his crew's suggestions to change course from the path of a raging hurricane. A weak corporate safety culture that left crewmembers ill-prepared to deal with ...

A big step forward in the quest for answers on what contributed to the sinking of El Faro- the Voyage Data Recorder has been found. The NTSB confirms that this second search effort has located the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For the first time since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the Coast Guard has convened the Marine Board of Investigation but this time it’s to figure out what caused El Faro, with ...

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. investigators on Friday concluded two weeks of hearings into the sinking of cargo ship El Faro in a hurricane last fall that included reports the vessel had outdated ...

The cargo ship El Faro sank on Oct. 1, 2015, leaving four Maine residents and 29 others dead. It has been described as one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history. Marjorie Taylor Greene ...

South Florida lawyers helped negotiate a more than $5 million settlement with the owners of El Faro, the ship that sank in October during Hurricane Joaquin. South Florida attorneys helped negotiate ...

(Reuters) - U.S. Coast Guard investigators on Monday resumed a probe of last year's deadly sinking of the El Faro off the Bahamas, beginning two weeks of hearings to examine the cargo ship's ...

When an initial report arrived saying the captain of the cargo ship El Faro had called ashore for help, the U.S. Coast Guard didn’t believe the vessel was at risk of sinking and later had software ...

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The National Transportation Safety Board laid part of the blame for the 2015 sinking of the El Faro on the ship's captain, Michael Davidson, the investigative agency announced Tuesday. All 33 crew ...