THE EL FARO SINKING
Episode 233 | Historical Events
In this History episode we focus on the sinking of the SS El Faro on October 1st, 2015 — a 790-foot cargo ship that sailed into Hurricane Joaquin carrying 33 crew members and sank in 15,000 feet of water, killing everyone aboard. The voyage data recorder, recovered from nearly three miles beneath the ocean surface in August 2016, provided a 510-page transcript of the final 26 hours on the bridge. It is one of the most complete records of a maritime disaster's final hours ever made public.
We trace the specific decisions documented in that transcript — Captain…
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