The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said its investigation into the sinking of the El Faro will proceed despite not being able to retrieve the ship’s voyage data recorder (VDR).

The NTSB, along with the US Navy, located the 5,330-lane-metre El Faro (built 1975) one month after it sank during a hurricane.

An underwater video survey of the ship showed the navigation bridge structure and the deck below it had separated from the ship.

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