Baltimore Bridge crash: cargo ship suffered critical power failure | BBC News
Maryland state governor Wes Moore has said that a cargo ship lost power before smashing into one of the columns supporting the landmark Francis Scott Key Bridge in the city of Baltimore, causing its collapse.
Several vehicles were crossing the bridge when the container ship collided with one of its supports. Six people are unaccounted for and a number of vehicles fell into the water.
Officials said the ship suffered a "power issue" and issued a Mayday distress call moments before the crash. Boats and helicopters are part of a huge search and rescue effort searching for the missing people. The authorities said they were part of a construction crew repairing potholes at the time the bridge collapsed.
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Two people were pulled from the water, with one in a serious condition.
The Singapore-flagged container ship, Dali, struck a support column on the bridge after departing from the terminal at Port Breeze, bound for Sri Lanka.
A US federal government agency said the vessel "lost propulsion" as it was leaving the port. The crew then warned Maryland transport officials of a possible collision, according to an unclassified Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency report on the incident.
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The driver of that semi you see drive down the bridge just before the ship hit was incredibly lucky.
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@@julia2k8 calm down comrade 😂
@@julia2k8 lol.
@@julia2k8 that button, called caps lock, try turning it off.
they issued a warning and stopped traffic no one driving was on bridge, only a dozen workers
People blaming the structural integrity of the bridge but any bridge would collapse with a vessel that large ramming it.
Right. And that minter was moving.
No way any bridge would have to any contact that large of a vessel
average weight of a cargo ship is 165,000tons up to 220,000tons.. nothing was going to stop that amount of weight without taking damage.
Where tugs for steering and brake before hits open sea stupid manoeuvre
I have been preaching all day, the fact that the ship stopped after hitting the bridge shows how damn well it was built
Unfortunately anyone under the water has passed. Divers aren’t doing a rescue operation at this point.
The water was only 42 degrees Fahrenheit, the survival rate was slim as it was
@@notyourbusI’m pretty sure all those killed were probably pretty instantly, either by drowning or sheer impact from the fall
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@@edwardkmicheal218 Baltimore doesn't define the world economy 😂
Really just keep pretending someone survives.. Its just bull shit that thats a possibly. it keeps people very vulnerable people to this sort of disaster saying very silly things
aaaaand suddenly everyone is a bridge and shipping expert.
Especially when they learned it's all Indian crew that's stirs disgust & questions integrity😂
100%
You don't need to be an expert to look at those flimsy irons and metal tubes. Such buildings are only in America.
Most of all, you are looking for the culprit. But you have never found one yet.
@@rolonemec9334 It got hit by 90,000 tons. Flimsy my arse.
No bridge is strong enough absorb an impact with that mass.
China says hello
😂😂😂😂
Doubt
Right, but you can build the supports in a way that doesn't allow a ship to actually strike the pylons holding the bridge up ffs.
@XenonArcher well surely when they built most bridged they didnt expect cargo ships to evolve and get so big
Why is the news bashing the crew of the ship? They lost power,tried to call in a may day warning. It's not the crews fault nor the bridges fault just a unavoidable accident.
that ship had many past violations....
We saw some people criticise captain sully on the water landing before the facts were understood, they ended up looking like idiots when it all was finished.
It’s Maersk, the system of Flags of convenience and the charter companies fault for not inspecting or maintaining their ship. It clearly had a massive technical failure. This is what you get when you choose profit over safety. It’s what you get without regulation.
In fact, the mayday call allowed crews to stop traffic which saved many lives
@@lubryce1971 There was an incident in 2016, which was attributed to the local Harbour Pilot - I doubt an Antwerp harbour pilot was onboard in Baltimore! Don't think that qualifies as 'many'. OK, please feel free to cite relevant history, but otherwise avoid vilifying the crew until the facts are known!
How can a major harbour like this with a massive bridge and giant ships operate without TUG boats ?
Great question ❓
They did have tugboats, but it’s a deeply dredged and well mapped shipping channel. Tugs aren’t needed to avoid the bridge. The tugs take the ships to the center of the channel and pilots take the ships out of the entire Chesapeake Bay under their own power. Now if for instance a subsidiary of major shipping conglomerate like Maersk doesn’t maintain their ships because they choose profit over safety, things like this can happen.
Olo tug boats must be used till ship hits sea lol brain dead, it's an accident 1 in ? Time , boat loses power and no barriers made strong enough to stop a ship, tug boats would have not made much difference
You clearly witnessed that it can't LOL
It happens in most harbors. Tugs are only useful below 4 knots.
Condolences to those who have lost someone through this terrible tragedy 💔💔
The bridge stood for 50 years. It likely would have stood for another 40-50 at least. There was nothing wrong with the bridge other than the potholes.
i agree that the actual bridge is fine. but, surely it wouldve made sense to design the supports in a way that would stop ships from being able to come into contact with the supports, no? Looking at the supports, they have no base. at least, above water.
@@XenonArcherWelcome to 1970s incompetence. They never thought such an event would have happened, BUT... 🤷🏾
@@XenonArcherno amount of reinforcing would have prevented that bridge from folding on impact with such a massive force.
@@shamanicdude8605 lol. You misunderstand ffs Those pylons should be on top of a massive concrete platform wide enough so that a ship, no matter how hard it hits it, should not come into contact with the pylon holding the bridge up. You get me? The only reason the bridge collapsed, is cus the pylons werent protected well enough
@@XenonArcher do we need to make all bridges bomb proof? Do we need to make them Asteroid proof? What point of existential threat is enough? By the way, the bridge was paid for by the people of the city of Baltimore in the 1970s. They were doing the best they could and there was no fundamental problem with the bridge.
Shocking news. An absolute tragedy. Sincere condolences to the family and friends of those who lost their lives. I hope the two workers who were fortunate enough to have been rescued and hospitalised fully recover.
That bridge fell like LEGO
A lego stilt bridge could stand for decades. But if one train toy locomotice flys off the train track hitting the tow lego stilt then the same type of colaps would likly result.
ship was made by Hyundai, Hyundai engines are notoriously cheap and unreliable. 🥲🥲
Lies again? Bang Bros Bukit Batok
@@dwadd7528 True! Hyundai makes shits engine's! Honda or Madza rotors would've been better
Lego is stronger than that.
The tractor trailer just missed the collapse! I bet his cabin shook like crazy as the bridge went down. Unbelievable! He must be counting his blessings
Looked like that Truck was going as fast as possible, lucky escape.
I wondered if he looked in the rear view mirror and risked crashing because of what he may have seen 😮
🔥🔥🔥
They said a tractor trailer is missing...
I wonder why it lost power? I can see the smoke coming out the back. It looks like power came back on, then went back off. Good thing this happened at night and not the morning rush hour.
It's steam powered, the black does not mean the propellor is turning, it take a half a mile to stop.
@@AlbertHess-xy7kyWhat is the black smoke coming from?
It's a steam ship, It lost power, they needed lots of power, they overfired the boiler to get the pressure back up, in a hurry.. @@conniepr
@@connieprAlbert is a troll
It's steam powered ? Ha ha Typical BBC viewer 🤣
So sorry for the loss and the pain caused by this, God give them peace...
So very immeasurably Sad! 😞🙏
I’m waiting for all these people who think the bridge should have been built to withstand this to explain to me what kind of tank they are driving to work everyday.
And I'm waiting for someone to tell me why a ship that lost power changes direction at the last second towards the support pillar?
@@billybatts8283Heard of "water current"?
@@billybatts8283 Current and wind. Boats are a bit different. They float on water.
😂
@@billybatts8283current, wind, tide, the fact they dropped the anchor to try and stop.....you know, logical explanations
Please have some respect for the people improving roads who lost their lives and stop speculating for a day or two.
Yes, you're right
Thank you so much for the insight.
kudos to the Indian crew who saved many lives
how
@@grapesoder1301
@@grapesoder1301 by calling mayday
I pray those road workers are okay 😥
Its a bit late for prayers
U really think after 13hours the workers stood a chance Plus praying isn’t gunna help anyone
This terrible tragedy need to be prevented! Its a Big Lesson the world must learn. It can happen to another bridge somewhere in the world! It is very rare, but it can happen AGAIN!
Our thoughts and prayers are with all involved.
very sad tragedy, i hope the people who are fighting for their lives now live
Along with the radio message to authorities, was the crew able to sound the horn to directly warn people on the bridge? I haven't seen this mentioned in any reporting and it seems especially relevant to the workers who were on the bridge.
the horn may of been connected to power, but who knows...
This was talked about today on a retired merchant mariner's channel, What's Going on with shipping, it would require the people on the bridge to pretty much instantly divine that the ship horn was sending a message to them & then for them to deduce what the message was. Both points are most unlikely.
Ships horns are only used as a way of warning other ships of their presence. Or, as an alert to crew members, or in the case of passenger ships, as a way of notifying passengers of any emergencies. There is no protocol for alerting bridge workers of the imminent danger.
No power means no power. No steerage, no controls. Pilots in control put out mayday calls. What more could you ask???
Ships sound their horns anyway when going underneath a bridge. People may not have taken notice of the horn, especially if they are locals and are accustomed to marine traffic.
Thanks to rescue team for working hard to saving lives. 🙏
I'm impressed with the 3rd shift team of first responders and other port authority employees that reacted quickly to stop traffic and saved many other lives. Also, kudos to the ship captain/pilot that issued a mayday when they realized they lost power. This could've gone way worse.
Sadly, condolensec😢😢😢
All I am saying, don’t crucified the crew just jet, we don’t know, they tried to make the people aware, it is a tragedy, natural forces, currents and lost of engines could really derange the control of the ship.
Correct. I would be just as suspicious of the ship management company’s operational playbook at large. Pennypinching on parts, skill-training , and operational expenses /preventive maintenance has been the hallmark of the int’l shipping industry over the last decade-plus . it’s a race to the bottom. Some groups have shown themselves to be more cutthroat than others in this regard i.e. the cheaper, the better; if something happens, we are insured, and there’s lots of ways to dilute the blame..
@@pushslice I will look at it all!
Ship's engineer is about the last 24hrs of his life scrutinized like no other. Total power failure doesn't just randomly happen. Blame probably isn't on the pilot or helmsman though.
For such a busy water way the bridge should have impact islands around the bridge supports to absorb the energy of impact from a ship - maybe up to 100m upstream and downstream of the bridge support
@@jjsmallpiece9234sorry but not in the budget other priorities like funding foreign wars and woke agendas.
Why was there NO bumper around the leg supports?
That is the BIG question, 100%. Clearly the Golden Gate and others have massive caissons around their supports.
I remember a similar bridge collapse in oklahoma, where 14 died 20 years ago, surely so large vessels need tug boats support as well as pilots helping❤❤❤
From what I know about the us, this is pretty much guaranteed to be human error from top to bottom. Maintenance failures, cost cutting, cutting corners, breaches by the captain and/or staff on the ship, all that good stuff. When you put profits before safety, you'll eventually lose on both fronts. And drowning isn't a nice way to go. I can only hope the debris did the job quickly before the water did it slowly.
Vessels over a given size, MUST have back up power systems AND safety tugs on standby. Pure commercial greed/cost cutting.
Always is money.
Or they may have had these safety systems as required, but the systems were intentionally sabotaged
How fast it collapsed? A ship of 95,000 tons hit a support beam, what did they expect would happen?
They expected the ship to transform into Godzilla
The support beams should have had 100.000 tons shock absorber
@@shazanali692you're wylin
boats dont melt steel beams wtf america
@@shazanali692 ~ It was built in 1972-'77. I guess that wasn't thought of at the time...
How Tragic!
How long will a new bridge be built is really a concern, hopefully no bureaucracy during the construction.
Container ships need TUG BOATS
Lose power you not stopping it!!!
Exactly that big of a ship with that much mass tugboats won’t do anything
Haha..a Tugboat needs a so called Pilot & he charge large sum of payments this was question also when the largest Evergreen cargo was stuck in the Suez 2years ago😂
A better bridge will be built . Sadly the price was too high . Condolences to the loved ones for their loss.
They should try using real resources again to build like we used to
@@DisconnectedRoamer As if some stronger resources would stop a fully loaded cargo ship.
A terrible tragedy. The way the bridge collapses so fast is shocking. Thoughts to the families affected by this event.
Damn!!!
all eyes on this case
Definitely Hunter Biden from his laptop.
EYES
And one ear
Accidents can happen. We should let an investigation uncover fault and establish cause. An if necessary. Culpability. Condolences to anyone suffering losses.
The MV Dali is a large Panamax container ship with a total dead weight tonnage of almost 200,000 tons. Yes, that is correct, actually 196,000 tons. It is chartered by Maersk Shipping. It has one 56,000 hp diesel engine to drive the single shaft, but it does have several very large engines for electrical power. That everything would shut down at the same time, then come back online at the same time is inconceivable. These ships have multiple redundancy that rivals aircraft. BUT, 200k tons moving even a brisk walk of say, 3 1/2 mph would have kinetic energy most people cannot even understand: 213,947,229 ft/lbs to be exact. So, yeah, bringing down this bridge was nothing. The ship didn't carry through very far as it looks like the pilots had slammed the engine into full reverse but far, far too late to stop the ship.
So sad😔
Very through reporting.
so the ship relayed a mayday call to the land, they got cars off the bridge, but the construction workers couldnt leave? sounds like the construction company screwed these guys
I dont think you understand how large that bridge was. They cant just teleport off of it. They didnt get the cars off they stopped traffic from going on. If you were already ON the bridge it was too late obviously.
Not enough time to evacuate from the center span
Police were busy blocking the highway entrances to the bridge. They didn’t have time (about 2 minutes) to notify anybody already on the bridge .
@@Vanessa-ok3yswhy are Americans blaming Indian crew ... While ship was headed by Americans ... US education has collapsed they can only dance on tik tok... But couldn't figure out Americans did it
@@Priya13567Thats because American hyper fixated on race, gender, and sexuality as determining factors of someone. Thats why when a major crime or event happens most americans ask what race was the guy who did it.
Maersk, the shipping company that chartered the boat has been sanctioned by the US Labor Department for retaliating against an employee who reported UNSAFE conditions aboard the vessel.
It was heading straight for the pylon from a long, long way back, and at a rate of knots.....very strange.
We take infrastructure for granted. Massive ships threading a needle below busy road bridges are everyday technical miracles that we should appreciate much more. Condolences to the families of the lost
“The whole bridge collapsed, send everybody” damn
Absolute worst case scenario. Everything that could've gone wrong went wrong at the right place and the right time. Truly devastating. May these souls RIP.
Wait till you see the actual track of the ship. How and why it veered right makes little sense unless they were predicting slide.
Why were the construction workers still on the bridge? A mayday issued, traffic stopped, why were they not called off?
Ship driver are locals
😮
The ship looks as if it has seen better days even before the accident. I think maintenance is going to be a key factor in this
The ship passed 2 inspections last year. The last inspection was done by in an American port by American authorities September last year and it passed without any problems. The next time the ship was scheduled for maintainance this year was to be in June
Recent bridges - at least with the Store Bæltsbroen in Denmark - there are an Island around each of the main pillars to take the brute force of an impact from a ship.
That’s the thing that shocked me when I saw this story. It seems crazy that a ship could so easily strikes the supports and essentially take the entire bridge down in seconds.
Who was steering the ship? Why hasn’t the names been published? We can see from video it had power before it hit.
I always thought ships that large were escorted by tugboats....🤔🙏💔
while leaving the dock yes, but they had reached the area that ships go under their own power. the tugboats disconnected their lines not long before this I believe, so there was probably little warning from the ships systems that the power failure was going to occur
They had power problems in dock, apparently.
U.S Neglect
@@lgrif1065 Thanks for the info! .... It's just so tragic... every time I see the video, I keep trying to will it not to hit... 💔🙏... it's almost like, no matter what anyone did, it was destined to hit that bridge....😢
Some racist are blaming 22 Indian crew for accident but the truth is the Ship was operated by 2 local pilots. And it's accident no people can't be blamed. I pray for the victims who have suffered the loss.🙏🙏
USA govt and Baltimore Govt official statement says that Fortunately just because of the Indian Crew onboard has made SOS message to Authorities about power failure of the cargo ship within time, it enabled them to avoid a lot of potential life threatening scenarios.
Indians are always good at operating machinery 😂😂😂😂
Whoever blames the Indian crew members is speaking from a place of racism towards Indians. It is clear to see that they weren't controlling the ship. Saying they were "all indians" is categorically false
I’m sure all boats of this class, have an auxiliary power supply just for this reason or else a final manual over ride for critical ship operations or should anyway. Thought that was standard construction procedure unless it’s a CB scenario
The MV Dali is a Singapore registered container ship. I wonder if it was even up to code. They said it was actually flagged in Chile for faulty gauges.
If the port was so critical, and the consequences of bridge strike so catastrophic, it begs to wonder why there was no requirement for pilot tugs to guide large vessels through the narrows.
They had tugs. Try reading the complete story.
Baltimore is just one of dozens of ports. Ranked 20 in total tonnage shipped. The bridge collapse won’t close the port for long. Probably have it reopened in 2 weeks .
@@electrictroy2010We'll see. They're probably going to need big salvage teams from the Netherlands.
U.S neglect.!!!! how many times have we been here in the past, ONLY after something happens do we respond, as tragic as it is, as long as humans exist this will continue.
@@SEPK09 What exactly was neglected? A 100,000 ton ship smashed into a bridge that was designed 50 years ago when 100,000 ton ships didn’t exist. The Bridge was structurally sound. What’s neglected is your reading of facts as opposed to your swallowing of right wing propaganda.
That bridge collapses, so first , I thought I was watching the movie when I first saw it.
Let’s see how fast they rebuild. RiP to those who lost their lives 🙏
This is absolutely disastrous. Everything just keeps getting worse and worse.
As per international regulations the ship is required to have an emergency generator that is able to power the rudder. Also why did port and pilotage regulations not require an emergency tug be attached to the stern until the ship is clear of the port - a cost saving measure?
No dinero government broke
I bet there will be rule changes for tugs now until it passes a bridge.
Odd power failure right before you go under a bridge.. reminiscent of 911
I think it may be possibilities about technical fault.....
Her: It doesn't fit. Him: Hold my beer. Few moments later.
Bridge with zero Pylon Fenders System.
there are defenders their looks again
calling it BREAKING in the thumbnail might be in poor taste
It is a very traditional way of announcing urgent news.
@@Cowcow211 well it is literal BREAKING news
I feel like you reached too far down the bottom of the barrel to make that one work it's almost cringy. I wouldn't use the term broken I'd use the term collapsed
Those pillars that the bridges sitting on should’ve been surrounded by cement to prevent the pillars from being touched by the ship. Just like when they put post around gas pumps and anything viral you’re going to hit the post and the damage before you get to the vital parts. That’s why they should do build huge cement blocks around these pillars so the ship runs into it. It won’t even touch the pillars.
Some history: about 212 years ago, the British Royal Navy bombarded Baltimore with their ships in a war with the USA. That Bombardment led Francis Scott Key to write the US national anthem and this bridge is named after him.
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I must be imagining all of my Indian coworkers that came here because they didn't want to be in India.
The bulge of that ship pretty much sums up India… You’ll know in a few years when you’re dismantling this ship wearing flip flops and a 99% probability a plaid shirt… That I put in the donation bin 7yrs ago which is +\- 3yrs after that shirt stop fitting me… 🤔 But yeah- that was pretty insane how the bridge just crumbled.. Not very reassuring… 🫤
@@julia2k8 Lol, the spam you scream is so lame. Everyone knows India is a craphole full of rapists.
Ty
[3:20] When they had time to stop other traffic form mounting the bridge, one wonders why they were unable to alert the road crew by radio and/or mobile, to dismount the bridge.
Someone somewhere heard the distress call, they contacted the bridge, those people turned on the bridge stop lights. Those people may not have been aware of the road crew. The person who turned on the bridge stop lights may not been aware of the road crew. This was an emergency, the full time frame is very low single digit minutes.
@@AlbertHess-xy7ky As a matter of bureaucratic procedure, I thought that the road crew would have to have made arrangements to be on the bridge to fill potholes.
They did. Someone operated the the stop lights in a timely manner. The road were not not notified in a timely manner. No one knew that the ship was going to hit the bridge it was supposed to go under. @@charlessmyth
Very sad.
A nightmare for the insurer
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India super clean? Cow shit
@@julia2k8 Here you are again, spewing the same garbage. We don’t believe it - there are too many of you here and we see you and your ways constantly
Can you imagine???
@julia2k8 Location: St. Helena
Watching you from Zambia, Africa, our hearts are with you America, may God be with you
They don't care about blacks...😂😂
I was on KZhead watching d’ Adrian and I saw it and I told my mum it really sad
Ship can no way turn in that speed if it lost power… so much cover up!
So very sad prayers for all involved
No one is criticising the inadequate bridge support protection??? A ship should not have been able to get anywhere near the bridge supports, powered or not. Look at the UK’s Forth road bridge construction. All three of them from Victorian to 21st century. The bridge supports have huge sacrificial concrete stantons around them to fend of wayward ships. 😮🇬🇧💙💙💙💙💙💙🙏💙🇬🇧
Mate, people now can't build lego.
There should be some sort of diverters that keep ships from hitting the piers. Esp the main piers.
an absolute pure masterclass in on scene reporting from the bloke, made his counterpart on the other end of the bridge look and sound like a complete amateur
BBC is very invested in this story.
Not really, CBS and Sky News broke the story.
Americans would be glued to a story about Severn Bridge reported by CNN. Thats life.
Yeah it's not often major bridges collapse in their entirety from a massive cargo ship collision. That tends to draw the attention of the news.
Yeah, it's only a massive boat destroying a huge bridge and killing people. Happens all the time, what are they thinking?
Yeah, it's called journalism.
I am a little unsure about something. You say "moments later, the mayday was issued" but it is reported that people were saved when vehicles were prevented from going onto the bridge. I would suspect it was too close to get that call out to anyone before the impact. Were the prevented vehicles after impact or prior?
Mayday was issued as power was lost 6 minutes prior to impact. Police evacuated the bridge. Maintenance workers were still on the bridge.
BBC what was the bitrate this was recorded at and why is it out of focus? you want to keep the tv license, your boss says you are the best, but i could do a better job of running the camera than the robot, and i mean the actual multi-million pound robots, you use.
People are blaming Indian crew..What a racist world to live.
Stop race baiting
lol they are it was local captain in that ship@@beeswax7825
and the mob of leftists will try to blame this on white Trump supports- goh
I’m surprised the bridge eventually stopped the ship in place (I know that at least one anchor had been dropped) and the ship doesn’t seem to be taking water.
So Sad 😔😔😔😔😢
How is this still a rescue mission
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@@julia2k8 ok julia
Is today opposite day?
@@julia2k8 The crew were indian.
@@julia2k8 Stop spamming the same shxx.
The Ship is called Dali and he painted a picture called " Broken Bridge"
Broken bridge by Dali- price shoots over the ceiling
Accident or not, we need to rethink how major bridges are constructed. They need to have structural rings around main pillars where traffic goes that can withstand impact. They are of major economic importance and an easy target as they are today.
Sad
Thank you rescuers ❤ Im praying for that community
“Why did the ship go off-corse” and “why did the bridge come crashing down” have got to be the most stupid questions you could present. It was confirmed very early that the ship lost power and, you do realise how much a ship weighs right? Any bridge is a toothpick in comparison to a cargo ship.
USA govt and Baltimore Govt official statement says that Fortunately just because of the Indian Crew onboard has made SOS message to Authorities about power failure of the cargo ship within time, it enabled them to avoid a lot of potential life threatening scenarios.
Sad Moment
Anyone still missing are sadly surely gone.
Dunno why but I feel like rewatching The Wire.
Cause you saw Baltimore and it triggered your memories
Wonder if those grain docks ever got built.
Do the Sabotskas still work there? Did they get the port expansion?
Were their MOTHMAN sightings?
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@@julia2k8 The crew were indian.
@@julia2k8and India just very recently went to the moon!!! Wow how advanced . All caught up to 1969
Ew stinky India with open pit sewers
@@julia2k8 And again. Hiding, just like always. Especially your women. Gotta keep them covered up.
We are talking about a ship whose generators never showed any signs of power outages or failure till the crucial passing at the bridge?????
Whats your point!!?
The bridge is not far at all from the port. The time it took for them to react was likely the same amount of time as any signs were there. I do think they could have informed of a possibility of failure sooner even if it wasn’t sure that it was imminent. There are several minutes of uncertainty between when power was lost and when collision happened.
Very well reporting of a tragic event that still unfolding. Got all my initial question answered in just 8.5 minutes
DEI harbor pilot hired by the city Ship owners "fully cooperating, asking for investigation" to ESTABLISH LIABILITY