I sailed on El Faro for a year. I sailed with all them except the polish riders. Captain Davidson only thought of his future with the company and didn’t think about anyone safety. The company is just as much to blame also for negligence of the crew. That ship should have been out of service 10 years before it sank. The worst shape ship I’ve ever sailed on. A total nightmare of a ship. I feel so bad for the families and think about how close I would of been there as well. R.I.P. 32 the captain I have no remorse for
the ship was too small to sail on the atlantic it should have sail on the great lakes better than its suicidal missions on the deadly atlantic ocean with its impredictible storms
@@TheAbderaman Size has little to do with it. Most lakebound freighters are actually bigger than oceangoing freighters. The largest lakers measure over 1000 ft long. Buoyancy and freeboard are more important than length when it comes to riding out storms.
Yeah it is amazing although what's even more amazing is the fact the wreckage of the El Faro will be covered in sea life within the time frame of days to weeks or even months. The wreckage will be covered in sea life.
Those poor sailors suffered a horrifying death. In a Category 3-4 hurricane, the swells can be of nearly mythical proportions. www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2005/nrl-measures-record-wave-during-hurricane-ivan This link documents wave height in a storm of similar intensity. Waves were as high as 40m (130ft) and 20 -30m waves were practically everywhere in this storm. No one could've survived this monstrosity.
Wow, the bow is sticking completely out of the sediment! Really curious to see a full view of the wreck on the seafloor as a side scan sonar mosaic or computer rendering.
The final investigative results will be thorough. An earlier example cargo vessel sinking quickly with the loss of all aboard, was the MV Derbyshire which sank in a typhoon on 09/09/1980. No Mayday was received and there was no black box. The wreck did get surveyed but after some delay. A RUclips video (The sinking of MV Derbyshire) shows the results of that inquiry.
I don't know why but that image of the stern with the mangled El Faro name on it has given me the creeps since the first time it was published. RIP to those poor sailors just trying to do thier jobs, I'd include Captain Davidson in that but I have very very mixed feelings about the man
During WW2 naval destroyers where directed through a hurricane 3 were lost with all hands, and the US Navy vowed and never directed naval ships to go into hurricane force storms....this is widely known so why would this ship be directed through this storm?
"After the storm ended 790 officers and enlisted men were either dead or washed overboard and presumed killed." www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/07/16/how-typhoons-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii-swamped-u-s-ships-and-nearly-saved-japan-from-defeat/ Damn you're right
torn off maybe while sinking deeper , the pressure or force might have ..... i cant say huge waves did that .. but am sure waves did hit there , tearing away radar pole and the crew
I realize part of it is the ROV the camera is on, moving about the water. But, I am surprised at how much movement there is that far down. I believe that was the rudder, swinging back and forth, but also appeared to be moving up and down. How tragic, such a sad loss of life.
This wreck has more in common with the cargo ship Edmund Fitzgerald than the Titanic. Both were cargo ships had some difficulties in a storm. Both sank with no mayday call almost on the same day 40 years apart, both wrecks found with deep sea CURV units, both wrecks are heavily damaged with nothing conclusive about what have caused these modern ships to lose buoyancy so quickly. Only difference is Gordon Lightfoot wrote a hit rock song ballad about the Fitzgerald sinking.
+Mortskcab Indeed, I'm extremely interested in the Titanic, but when reading about the El Faro, my first remark was, "It looks like we have a modern-day Edmund Fitzgerald!"
+Mortskcab The Edmund Fitzgerald was not a Container ship it was a bulk freighter that Carried Iron Orr and Coal in the Great Lakes it sank in 530 some odd feet
I know this comment is 5 years old but the Fitz sank before the crew could even react like 90 seconds or less and it was gone the EL Faro reported flooding about 2 hours before going down, from about 4:45 am to the sinking the EL Faro crew was fighting to keep the ship afloat when they lost engines they knew they were dead they probably didn't say it aloud to try and stay calm but I think everyone of them knew they were doomed and probably were wishing they just ignored the captain and sailed to safer waters but it didn't matter at that point.
What's sad is that at least one of the crew were able to put on immersion suits and were most likely just floating in the hurricane-churned seas for hours, if not days, hoping against hope to get rescued. In a way I'm kind of hoping the turbulent waters drowned them early to put them out of their misery.
In a hurricane like that, the incredibly high winds are picking up so much water off the surface that it's nearly impossible to breath with your head at the same level.
It's not their fault. Mutiny is still a thing, if they were to relieve the captain of his command they would have all been fired, lost their licenses and they'd never be allowed to sail again, to say nothing of possible legal consequences which I believe is five years in jail.
Such a shame, Danielle Randolph coulda saved that ship while Davidson was asleep. She knew they were headed directly into the storm but did not act. People tell me it's because she was a good sailor and she understood the chain of command and would not be a mutineer. An old rusted out open hull vessel like that? That whole situation was depressing as it didn't have to happen.
I feel like this is quite similar to the Edmund Fitzgerald, men dying for time margins, profit and pride. But idk how much weather report accuracy has improved since then. Either way this captain was an idiot. He at least redeemed himself going out as a man, not refusing to leave the trapped man behind. The el faro went down fast once water came in. I think he knew they were screwed at some point.
This tragedy horried me, I guess everyone else too. For some reason, not sure what, this has never left me and I have no connection to the poor souls on board or the ship whatsoever. i'm so sorry your captain was an idiot!
I don't think enclosed lifeboats would have even saved the crew, think for a moment how strong the winds were with 40 foot waves (really like 80 feet with the trough) everytime that little lifeboat would come to the top of wave it would probably be blown over by the winds and tumble down the wave into the trough I don't think their is anyway to survive a hurricane at sea just don't be in one is the best and only way to avoid this fate.
Bodies seem to disappear down here in the warmer climates. Not sure if we have different ocean life that decays and eats them and decays the bones, but that's what it seems like. We have divers who go missing in south Florida, and no sign of them is ever found save for - possibly - their dive gear. Since most of us don't label our dive gear with metals tags indicating who the owner is, it's often impossible to know whose dive gear was found.
At those pressures any body cavity is crushed, so your torso where your lungs and organs are would be crushed, skull would be crushed, unless theres some type of small air pocket or something where a body is any type of body would long have been pulverized before it would've touched down on the bottom
It's sad that people blame the captain for the disaster, which I admit he was somewhat responsible for. But nobody ever mentions how he obeyed multiple captaining rules. I read the actual transcript from the ships VDR, and it shows that Davidson stayed with a panicked helmsman on the bridge and tried to help him, until the recording suddenly ends, meaning he stayed with his crew til the very end.
+Christina Smith You have a very active imagination. Ever thought about writing romantic mystery novels? The date and time stamp on my camera is off too. JS
...is there not, any airline crashes/ hit or misses, to report on.? (dumb asses taping over my pitoe tube...? ) lol geez...i do hope that "one guy got charged with the murder of all 200 or so (souls) on board...! ,-thank you, and happy new year "big brother. he,he,he" yall watchin me type this riight now,anyways.
Owners aren’t in jail. Capitalism is great. Until it corrupts and this happens. Than it’s no longer capitalism; it’s greed. What’s sad; no one is held accountable.
If the EL FARO didn't get hit by a 700 mph frothy mega heavy avalanche of water you don't want to see a life boat canister on 25secs that's tickled till its damaged like a steel drum. Inside outside usa inside outside usa inside outside usa, everybodys gone surfin surfin usa.
Its gonna cost a fortune to get el faro back on the ocean. Maybe if kurt b wasnt partying with the captain and did some real work we would have the cssh. Theres not enough time chicky pies . L8R.
El Faro isn't going back on the ocean. Most of the time we don't raise sunken ships and El Faro is in such a broken state (the entire bridge area was torn off the top of the supertructure) that it probably wouldn't be repairable.
Put the crack pipe down, no one's ever raising a 700 ft container ship from 15000 feet down that has both a destroyed superstructure and hull and is the grave of 33 people, some of whoms remains may very well still be inside the ship.
I sailed on El Faro for a year. I sailed with all them except the polish riders. Captain Davidson only thought of his future with the company and didn’t think about anyone safety. The company is just as much to blame also for negligence of the crew. That ship should have been out of service 10 years before it sank. The worst shape ship I’ve ever sailed on. A total nightmare of a ship. I feel so bad for the families and think about how close I would of been there as well. R.I.P. 32 the captain I have no remorse for
the ship was too small to sail on the atlantic it should have sail on the great lakes better than its suicidal missions on the deadly atlantic ocean with its impredictible storms
That ship should have been out of service 10 years before it sank, yet it was carrying its biggest load ever when it went down
Its good that you didnt sail on it the day it happend.
You were born again men.
@@TheAbderaman Size has little to do with it. Most lakebound freighters are actually bigger than oceangoing freighters. The largest lakers measure over 1000 ft long. Buoyancy and freeboard are more important than length when it comes to riding out storms.
For reference, Titanic rests in 12,500 feet of water. The El Faro rests much deeper at 15,000 feet.
+TheWhoselinefan2 Kinda amazing what we can do now with the tech. Just as an FYI, most of those cylinders were rescue / escape equipment, right?
+IamTenzin Are you asking about the ones you see after 0:40 second of the start of the video?
Yeah it is amazing although what's even more amazing is the fact the wreckage of the El Faro will be covered in sea life within the time frame of days to weeks or even months. The wreckage will be covered in sea life.
Aguiar Ed Yes. That's exactly what I mean. Those looked crushed by the pressure. They should have been open if they had been deployed, right?
+IamTenzin If you are talking about the one at 0:46, then that is definitely not any rescue equipment, that is a containerized cargo tank.
We are ElFaro family we miss and love you Richard P. Until we meet again!!!!
my friend Keith was on that ship. it's heart breaking.
sad as I sit drinking my coffee at 6 am in my warm kitchen, these poor souls lay deep beneath the cold atlantic waters. RIP
Those poor sailors suffered a horrifying death. In a Category 3-4 hurricane, the swells can be of nearly mythical proportions. www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2005/nrl-measures-record-wave-during-hurricane-ivan
This link documents wave height in a storm of similar intensity. Waves were as high as 40m (130ft) and 20 -30m waves were practically everywhere in this storm. No one could've survived this monstrosity.
RIP Mitch. You are remembered.
This video gives me a suffocating feeling...... My ❤ truly goes out to all 33 Vitcims & everyone in their families!!! Praying #33 🇺🇸🚢⚓
I saw a video about this thing a few days ago. It's a tragedy what happened and that ship never should have been sailing in such a shape.
Wow, the bow is sticking completely out of the sediment! Really curious to see a full view of the wreck on the seafloor as a side scan sonar mosaic or computer rendering.
the ship landed on the sea floor like a toy sadely its contaners were all littering the floor also some trucks
Went down stern first, I guess.
The final investigative results will be thorough. An earlier example cargo vessel sinking quickly with the loss of all aboard, was the MV Derbyshire which sank in a typhoon on 09/09/1980. No Mayday was received and there was no black box. The wreck did get surveyed but after some delay. A RUclips video (The sinking of MV Derbyshire) shows the results of that inquiry.
At least TOTE CONTAINER won't have to worry about the ship rusting out down there, they let it rust to pieces before it sank. 😒
I don't know why but that image of the stern with the mangled El Faro name on it has given me the creeps since the first time it was published. RIP to those poor sailors just trying to do thier jobs, I'd include Captain Davidson in that but I have very very mixed feelings about the man
During WW2 naval destroyers where directed through a hurricane 3 were lost with all hands, and the US Navy vowed and never directed naval ships to go into hurricane force storms....this is widely known so why would this ship be directed through this storm?
Captain had old weather information.and in a hurricane it makes a difference how fresh your info is.
"After the storm ended 790 officers and enlisted men were either dead or washed overboard and presumed killed."
www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/07/16/how-typhoons-at-the-end-of-world-war-ii-swamped-u-s-ships-and-nearly-saved-japan-from-defeat/
Damn you're right
The date configuration is Day first, Month second and then year...so this video was taken in November 2015.
Man, that's eerie how the bridge was torn off like a Lego block.
torn off maybe while sinking deeper , the pressure or force might have ..... i cant say huge waves did that .. but am sure waves did hit there , tearing away radar pole and the crew
I realize part of it is the ROV the camera is on, moving about the water. But, I am surprised at how much movement there is that far down. I believe that was the rudder, swinging back and forth, but also appeared to be moving up and down. How tragic, such a sad loss of life.
I'm Still Very Sad For All The Families That Lost Members In That Wreckage
This wreck has more in common with the cargo ship Edmund Fitzgerald than the Titanic. Both were cargo ships had some difficulties in a storm. Both sank with no mayday call almost on the same day 40 years apart, both wrecks found with deep sea CURV units, both wrecks are heavily damaged with nothing conclusive about what have caused these modern ships to lose buoyancy so quickly. Only difference is Gordon Lightfoot wrote a hit rock song ballad about the Fitzgerald sinking.
+Mortskcab Indeed, I'm extremely interested in the Titanic, but when reading about the El Faro, my first remark was, "It looks like we have a modern-day Edmund Fitzgerald!"
I'm sure there's a Spanish Gordon light foot trying to find a rhyme for El-faro somewhere.
+Mortskcab The Edmund Fitzgerald was not a Container ship it was a bulk freighter that Carried Iron Orr and Coal in the Great Lakes it sank in 530 some odd feet
they r saying he did dispatch mayday call and distress alert
I know this comment is 5 years old but the Fitz sank before the crew could even react like 90 seconds or less and it was gone the EL Faro reported flooding about 2 hours before going down, from about 4:45 am to the sinking the EL Faro crew was fighting to keep the ship afloat when they lost engines they knew they were dead they probably didn't say it aloud to try and stay calm but I think everyone of them knew they were doomed and probably were wishing they just ignored the captain and sailed to safer waters but it didn't matter at that point.
What's sad is that at least one of the crew were able to put on immersion suits and were most likely just floating in the hurricane-churned seas for hours, if not days, hoping against hope to get rescued. In a way I'm kind of hoping the turbulent waters drowned them early to put them out of their misery.
In a hurricane like that, the incredibly high winds are picking up so much water off the surface that it's nearly impossible to breath with your head at the same level.
I wonder, did el faro bottom out on the stern? Looking at that damage it seem that's what caused the boiler to fail and holds to take on water.
The Mate, 2nd and 3rd officers should have relieved Davidson of his command, and steered a safer course. It was their inaction, too, that doomed them.
It's not their fault. Mutiny is still a thing, if they were to relieve the captain of his command they would have all been fired, lost their licenses and they'd never be allowed to sail again, to say nothing of possible legal consequences which I believe is five years in jail.
Such a shame, Danielle Randolph coulda saved that ship while Davidson was asleep. She knew they were headed directly into the storm but did not act. People tell me it's because she was a good sailor and she understood the chain of command and would not be a mutineer. An old rusted out open hull vessel like that? That whole situation was depressing as it didn't have to happen.
The laser printer on the sea bed would almost be amusing, if the whole story wasn't so damn tragic for the poor crew
Once the ship was turned to bring the list from port to starboard, it was all over. Just a matter of time.
a friend. of mine his dad went down with the ship
It's a shame you didn't
@@kimjongun2946 :o
I feel like this is quite similar to the Edmund Fitzgerald, men dying for time margins, profit and pride. But idk how much weather report accuracy has improved since then. Either way this captain was an idiot. He at least redeemed himself going out as a man, not refusing to leave the trapped man behind.
The el faro went down fast once water came in. I think he knew they were screwed at some point.
This tragedy horried me, I guess everyone else too. For some reason, not sure what, this has never left me and I have no connection to the poor souls on board or the ship whatsoever. i'm so sorry your captain was an idiot!
I don't think enclosed lifeboats would have even saved the crew, think for a moment how strong the winds were with 40 foot waves (really like 80 feet with the trough) everytime that little lifeboat would come to the top of wave it would probably be blown over by the winds and tumble down the wave into the trough I don't think their is anyway to survive a hurricane at sea just don't be in one is the best and only way to avoid this fate.
I feel as if they shouldn’t show this I feel bad for the people and their families🥺🥺😫😫😫😭😭
Don't sail into a force 3 hurricane...
it's as if he was trying to wreck the ship????
they should have unsinkable life-craft on board these ships to keep the good crew from peril
Freaky thought: they could still find a body, only one was ever found on the oceans surface.
Bodies seem to disappear down here in the warmer climates. Not sure if we have different ocean life that decays and eats them and decays the bones, but that's what it seems like. We have divers who go missing in south Florida, and no sign of them is ever found save for - possibly - their dive gear. Since most of us don't label our dive gear with metals tags indicating who the owner is, it's often impossible to know whose dive gear was found.
At those pressures any body cavity is crushed, so your torso where your lungs and organs are would be crushed, skull would be crushed, unless theres some type of small air pocket or something where a body is any type of body would long have been pulverized before it would've touched down on the bottom
It's sad that people blame the captain for the disaster, which I admit he was somewhat responsible for. But nobody ever mentions how he obeyed multiple captaining rules. I read the actual transcript from the ships VDR, and it shows that Davidson stayed with a panicked helmsman on the bridge and tried to help him, until the recording suddenly ends, meaning he stayed with his crew til the very end.
link?
You mean a link to the transcript?
so thats where the radar broke away as we know wht happened to him , it might fell on them , or the waves hit them , taking them out , like life of pi
Yes it was in the transcript. It’s online someplace. He did stay on the bridge at the end but that doesn’t absolve him from responsibility.
@@Sashazur i see
Nice how we trash the sea with our metal buckets.
why is the date stamped in January 2015 when it didnt sink until October 2015...
Oh oh. Here come the conspiracy theorists. Run!
well if the facts are there!!!
+Christina Smith You have a very active imagination. Ever thought about writing romantic mystery novels? The date and time stamp on my camera is off too. JS
+Christina Smith 1st of November, 2015.
Month was placed in the middle instead of the front.
...is there not, any airline crashes/ hit or misses, to report on.? (dumb asses taping over my pitoe tube...? ) lol geez...i do hope that "one guy got charged with the murder of all 200 or so (souls) on board...!
,-thank you, and happy new year "big brother. he,he,he"
yall watchin me type this riight now,anyways.
Another The Bermuda Triangle Victims
Owners aren’t in jail.
Capitalism is great.
Until it corrupts and this happens. Than it’s no longer capitalism; it’s greed.
What’s sad; no one is held accountable.
If the EL FARO didn't get hit by a 700 mph frothy mega heavy avalanche of water you don't want to see a life boat canister on 25secs that's tickled till its damaged like a steel drum. Inside outside usa inside outside usa inside outside usa, everybodys gone surfin surfin usa.
wtf are you on about?
Bruh 🤣
Its gonna cost a fortune to get el faro back on the ocean. Maybe if kurt b wasnt partying with the captain and did some real work we would have the cssh. Theres not enough time chicky pies
. L8R.
El Faro isn't going back on the ocean. Most of the time we don't raise sunken ships and El Faro is in such a broken state (the entire bridge area was torn off the top of the supertructure) that it probably wouldn't be repairable.
Put the crack pipe down, no one's ever raising a 700 ft container ship from 15000 feet down that has both a destroyed superstructure and hull and is the grave of 33 people, some of whoms remains may very well still be inside the ship.
video looks to be done on a computer, can't come up with answers so they make a fake video to try and shut the families up...so wrong
Then why hasn't MH370 been explained?
Where'd that come from?
thesparduck117 regarding what exactly?
That rant, it sounded a little personal
calm down people...I think it's fake you don't have to...but nothing will bring back all the lives lost