Giant container ship missing near the Bermuda Triangle

El Faro missing cargo ship in the Bahamas (GATRAnews)

Miami - United States Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon found a number of objects floating in the sea around the Bahamas, near the Bermuda Triangle. Pieces such as styrofoam, wood, life jacket, as well as the oil spill was thought to have come from El Faro, the container giant, which lost around it on Thursday last week.



El Faro, the ship measures approximately 240 meters carrying 28 Americans and five Poles, departing from Jacksonville, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, went missing last week in the waters of the Bahamas while the storm Joaquin with wind speeds of 130 km / h hit the region The.

TOTE maritime Puerto Rico, the owner of the ship, as reported by CNN, stating that the fragments are "probably comes from the El Faro". But the US Coast Guard could not confirm the findings derived from the missing vessel.

"We found that floating fragments of the aircraft," said the commander of the coast guard Gabe Somma, and still struggling against bad weather to be able to pick up the shards. The US Coast Guard pilot was looking for El Faro for a third day.

The last position of El Faro is approximately 35 nautical miles northwest Bahamas.

Ships departing from Jacksonville, Florida, toward Puerto Rico, on Tuesday, September 29th. Good weather and the ship's captain decided to leave.

But on Thursday Joaquin storm, with wind speeds up to 130 miles per hour with rain and waves up to 10 meters hit the area around it.

According to the TOTE, until Sunday, no news from El Faro or boat safety of the ship can be contacted.

(gatranews)