Coast Guard to hold press conference releasing El Faro investigation report

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Coast Guard to hold press conference releasing El Faro investigation report

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard will release the S.S. El Faro Marine Board of Investigation report on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

This report identifies causal factors of the loss of the S.S. El Faro and 33 crew members. The report proposes safety recommendations for future actions to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The report may be accessed at: https://uscg.mil/foia/foia_library.asp on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Coast Guard standard procedure and 46 USC 63 requires this type of report to be done for all marine casualties under Coast Guard authority.

“The most important thing to remember is that 33 people lost their lives in this tragedy. If adopted, we believe the safety recommendations in our report will improve safety of life at sea” said Capt. Jason Neubauer, chairman, El Faro Marine Board of Investigation, U.S. Coast Guard.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard with the full cooperation of the National Transportation Safety Board.

There will be a press briefing with Capt. Jason Neubauer, chairman, Marine Board of Investigation, on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Information for the briefing is below:

Location: Sector Jacksonville

Date: Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017

Time: 10:30 a.m.

R.S.V.P. by Saturday, Sep. 30, 2017 by emailing Alana.L.Miller@uscg.mil

-USCG-

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Part of me still can’t believe that after this loss TOTE was STILL going to send the El Yunque into service on the Alaska run.

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Well, they did scrap her pretty quickly after the last MBI hearing.

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Yeah but that was after the NTSB got aboard and had a heap of photographic evidence of the rotten material condition of some parts of that ship. I doubt they had much of an option at that point other than to get her cut up.

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