Loc 1315 – "the same trunks and ducts that were [later] shown to be [heavily rusted and unsound on El Faro’s] sister ship[, El Yunque].
Loc 1315 – "on the original ship – but [the conversion to add container stowage abovedeck brought them two feet closer to the water].
Loc 1315 – "hold three. [Each vehicle should be lashed to four hard points on the deck; but contrary to El Faro’s loading manual, the lashings from multiple vehicles were carried to long chains stretched across the deck, so that if a chain should break many vehicles would no longer be secured].
Loc 1315 – “[The same deck carries an emergency fire pump] – suspect”
Loc 1324 – "normal seas. [But at eighteen degrees of heel to port, the system loses suction and the engine shuts down. And with no engine to keep it moving ahead, the ship rapidly loses the ability to steer as water no longer flows past the rudder].
Loc 1340 – “The [ship] heels”
Loc 1340 – "vehicles are not [individually lashed to the deck,] they strain against the [large chains linking them together].
Loc 1349 – "engine shuts down, [and as the ship loses way, it soon cannot be steered.]
Loc 1349 – “maneuver, pump, dump and shift” – “Pump and dump” is a term of art in the manipulation of stock prices. Suggest alternate wording.
End Chapter Eight.