The US Coast Guard hearing into the sinking of the El Faro boxship heard on Saturday transcripts from the captain shortly before he and the other 32 crew on the 40-year-old vessel perished off the Bahamas in the midst of a severe hurricane on October 1.
Captain Michael Davidson called an onshore call center, urging for help as the “clock was ticking” with water breaching the hull and entering three holds.
In a separate voicemail to the vessel owner, Tote’s, designated person ashore, Davidson said the ship had a “pretty good list”.
The Coast Guard’s hearings continue through next Thursday.
