On the second day of its probe, the Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) on Friday morning went into a "closed-door meeting" with officials of the shipping line that owns the ill-fated passenger vessel that capsized off Sibuyan Island in Romblon.
A radio report said that, unlike in its first hearing last Wednesday, the BMI barred members of the media from conducting live coverage of the proceedings.
The report said Sulpicio Lines first vice president Edgar Go and lawyer Arthur Lim were inside the closed-door meeting.
In its first day of hearing, the BMI found out among others that the shipping company has been using an outdated version of the guidelines in sending off its ships during bad weather.
The investigating body also found out that the crewmen of the capsized ship and Sulpicio officials on land were forced to communicate via mobile phone after typhoon "Frank" shut down Sulpicio's radio communication.
Grilled on Wednesday, Go said the ship's still-missing captain, Florencio Marimon Sr, had last communicated to them about 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Marimon reportedly said that they were already experiencing difficulty in maneuvering the vessel as it was already beginning to tilt.
Marimon, however, reportedly assured that the ship's engine was running fine at the time. - Mark Merueñas, GMANews.TV
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