This undated image made from a video and released Tuesday, April 26, 2016, by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the stern of the sunken ship El Faro. The NTSB announced that the data recorder was located northeast of Acklins and Crooked Islands, Bahamas. El Faro, a 790-foot freighter, sank last October after getting caught in Hurricane Joaquin. The data recorder is capable of recording conversations and sounds on the El Faro’s bridge, which may help investigators better understand the final moments of the ship’s final journey. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three more families of crewmembers lost when the freighter El Faro sank last year have reached financial settlements with the company that owned the vessel.
The Florida Times-Union reports that papers filed in federal court on Tuesday show that representatives for crewmembers Frank Hamm III, James Phillip Porter Jr. and Roosevelt Lazarra Clark each settled for $500,000 with Tote Services, Inc.
The newspaper says settlements have now been reached in 21 out of the 33 mariners who died Oct. 1 when the ship lost propulsion and was caught in Hurricane Joaquin. The El Faro was travelling to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from Jacksonville.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduates Keith Griffin and Jeffrey Mathias were among those who died.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the sinking, and is scheduled to attempt to retrieve the ship’s voyage data recorder sometime later this year.
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