Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-33388760-20181227215710/@comment-37074891-20190508164403

HurricaneAlpha96 wrote: Well the ship was the ONLY reason it was retired. It was not requested by the Bahamas but by the US. It didn’t have that big of an impact on the US itself. That’s why I would reject the request if I were the WMO. Also, the captain of the El Faro was primarily at fault for the sinking. He steamed directly into the storm and ignored the navigational system. The line that operated the El Faro also made several safety violations, including using old "open-air" lifeboats (similar to the ones on the RMS Titanic), instead of the modern enclosed ones. The ship was also in such disrepair that rust was literally shovelled off the side like snow.