WASHINGTON: The United States confirmed Monday that sunken wreckage detected by the Navy is that of the freighter El Faro, which went down last month during Hurricane Joaquin.

The wreckage was first found Saturday off the Bahamas at a depth of 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) by a sonar device deployed by the Navy. At that point the National Transportation Safety Board said it was believed to be El Faro.

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