391 containers. so had a lot of top side height to it where the winds and waves could hit it. had 294 trailers and automobiles below deck. so it was heavy, it was weighted down. we also know that the vessel had a list to it meaning it was leaning over about 15 degrees because they had some water intrusion earlier. that just increases the danger of the situation that they were in to be able to survive that type of condition. what are the ocean depths in this area and the rurncurrents, they pushing north? the depth where we believe the vessel sank is 15,000 feet. so very deep. right now based on our search planning efforts, we think the vessel or survivors could potentially drift to the north. and that s how i ve described those debris fields. one is near the last known position but another one is 60 miles to the north of that. that validates when we find all these things it validates our search efforts and we could really hone in on where survivors might be.
had 294 trailers and automobiles below deck. so, it was heavy. it was weighted down. we also know that the vessel had a list to it, meaning it was leaning over about 15 degrees because they had some water intrusion earlier. that just increases the danger of the situation they were in, to be able to survive that type of condition. we are listening in here to the u.s. coast guard providing an update on their search for a missing cargo ship that has been missing now since thursday with 33 people on board, and really the headline from this update is they are no longer looking for the ship. they are just focused on survivors. they did, in fact, find one deceased person among the debris field. they found a survival suit with human remains inside, is how he put it. i want to bring back alexandra field who has been following the story closely for us. doesn t sound good. a lot of grim details coming from this press conference but underscored by the hope that a
will hit it on the side. so if you are drifting the 140-mile-an-hour winds up to the sea, it is battering the ship. and we know that the ship had previous water intrusion, and beginning to list. again, a very difficult situation to exacerbate the danger they were facing at that time. and i know that the daylight hours are critical in the search for any survivors. we are wishing you the best. we will look closely at what sparks hillary clinton the s response. and a plus, a air strike over the weekend hits a physicians without border hospital.
an experienced mariner here. you re exactly right. in this case though, the ship was about 391 containers topside and 294 other automobiles below. it s certainly a lot of weight. the surgeon is that when they become disabled, they re susceptible to the wind at that point because of all the topside material on there, all those containers and that s just increases the danger of the situation. right. and when you lose control and you re getting hit from the side, typically, you want to go into the waves. but if you re hitting broadside 20 to 30 foot waves, that doesn t even include swells that could have peaked much higher. and this vessel was that already taking on water. do we know why and where? how the water was actually coming on board? apparently, they had solved the problem and then it became a problem again. right. we were hoping, we knew they had some water intrusion through a
propulsion, and that they had a 15-degree list due to some water intrusion. so, we knew and the problem was we thought they were right by the eye of the storm. so what we have been trying to do is get in contact with them, awful day yesterday as well as today, and we spent some time today trying to get our c-130 aircraft as close to the hurricane and the last known position of the vessel i just have a couple of second left. have you been able to spot the ship? we have not but we are still looking and continuing to do that today. all right. 33 people onboard. i know you re flying as low as 2,000 feet to try to be under the storm to try to find them. please keep us posted as the ship remains missing, captain. thank you. we ll be right back after this.