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Testimony: El Faro Captain Planned to 'Shoot Under' Storm
Source: Associated Press
May 16, 4:09 PM EDT
TESTIMONY: EL FARO CAPTAIN PLANNED TO 'SHOOT UNDER' STORM
BY JASON DEAREN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The captain of the doomed freighter El Faro told a colleague just before the ship's final voyage that he was aware of a storm brewing at sea, but that he had a plan to go under it, testimony at an investigative hearing revealed on Monday.
Eric Bryson, the pilot who sailed the El Faro out of the Port of Jacksonville on its final voyage, testified before the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation that is probing the disaster. Monday kicked off a second round of hearings looking into the accident. Bryson, a specialist who pilots the ships through Port of Jacksonville, gets off onto a tug before the vessel heads out of port.
Bryson said he remembered no irregularities with the 790-foot cargo ship, and that its crew was acting normally as it prepared to sail Sept. 29 to Puerto Rico.
Asked if there was any discussion of the brewing storm in the Caribbean, Bryson said El Faro Capt. Michael Davidson addressed it.
"Capt. Davidson said 'We're just going to go out and shoot under it,'" Bryson said.
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TESTIMONY: EL FARO CAPTAIN PLANNED TO 'SHOOT UNDER' STORM
BY JASON DEAREN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The captain of the doomed freighter El Faro told a colleague just before the ship's final voyage that he was aware of a storm brewing at sea, but that he had a plan to go under it, testimony at an investigative hearing revealed on Monday.
Eric Bryson, the pilot who sailed the El Faro out of the Port of Jacksonville on its final voyage, testified before the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation that is probing the disaster. Monday kicked off a second round of hearings looking into the accident. Bryson, a specialist who pilots the ships through Port of Jacksonville, gets off onto a tug before the vessel heads out of port.
Bryson said he remembered no irregularities with the 790-foot cargo ship, and that its crew was acting normally as it prepared to sail Sept. 29 to Puerto Rico.
Asked if there was any discussion of the brewing storm in the Caribbean, Bryson said El Faro Capt. Michael Davidson addressed it.
"Capt. Davidson said 'We're just going to go out and shoot under it,'" Bryson said.
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Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MISSING_SHIP?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-05-16-16-09-09
