Maryland's Key Bridge collapses after being struck by large container ship

[Bill Murray]

Baltimore bridge collapse: 2 bodies recovered​

Baltimore bridge collapse: 2 bodies recovered, others still missing as effort switches to salvage operation

Maryland authorities say divers have recovered the bodies of two people during a search for the workers who plunged into the water after a cargo ship slammed into a Baltimore bridge.

www.foxnews.com

"Four other construction workers remain missing, but are presumed dead. The victims were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador"



They really were wetbacks (too soon?)

 

[Jenny]

"Four other construction workers remain missing, but are presumed dead. The victims were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador"

They really were wetbacks (too soon?)

Nope.

 

[hedgerow]

replace it with a tunnel, a bridge spanning the harbor is a poor decision

the nyc battery tunnel was originally supposed to be the battery bridge, but the department of war vetoed that idea

 

[Morgoth64]

im not sure the main cause of the loss of power. but this is what happens when computers are "in charge" of things.

then again,maybe china took over the ship by hacking into the computer.
parts that are in computers are made in china,rt? so whats to say that this cant happen then?

Happen long before computers running everything on ships. Skyway bridge in Florida 1980.

 

[DeathHand]

From the news....

Six presumed dead after cargo ship crash levels Baltimore bridge

Mar 26 2024

By nightfall, the desperate search for six people who were working on the bridge and vanished when it fell apart had become a grim search for bodies.

“We do not believe that we’re going to find any of these individuals still alive,” Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon N. Gilreath said.

Jeffrey Pritzker, executive vice president of Brawner Builders, said earlier that one of his workers had survived. He did not release their names.

Up until then, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore had held out hope that the missing people might be found even as law enforcement warned that the frigid water and the fact that there had been no sign of them since 1:30 a.m. when the ship struck Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The tragic chain of events began early Tuesday when the cargo ship Dali notified authorities that it had lost power and issued a mayday moments before the 984-foot vessel slammed into a bridge support at a speed of 8 knots, which is about 9 mph.

Moore declared a state of emergency while rescue crews using sonar detected at least five vehicles in the frigid 50-foot-deep water: three passenger cars, a cement truck and another vehicle of some kind. Authorities do not believe anyone was inside the vehicles.

Investigators quickly concluded that it was an accident and not an act of terrorism.

The Dali is operated and managed by Synergy Group. In a statement, the company said that two port pilots were at the helm during Tuesday's crash and that all 22 crew members onboard were accounted for.

The Dali was chartered by the Danish shipping giant Maersk, which said it would have no choice but to send its ships to other nearby ports with the Port of Baltimore closed.

The bridge, which is about a mile and a half long and carries Interstate 695 over the Patapsco River southeast of Baltimore, was "fully up to code," Moore said.

Dramatic video captured the moment at 1:28 a.m. Tuesday when the Dali struck a support and sent the bridge tumbling into the water. A livestream showed cars and trucks on the bridge just before the strike. The ship did not sink, and its lights remained on.

Investigators said in a timeline that the Dali's lights suddenly shut off four minutes earlier before they came back on and that then, at 1:25 a.m. dark black smoke began billowing from the ship's chimney.

A minute later, at 1:26 a.m., the ship appeared to turn. And in the minutes before it slammed into the support, the lights flickered again.

Source

CNN

Search pauses after 2 bodies found: Two construction workers were found trapped in a red pickup in the Patapsco River at the middle of the collapsed bridge, according to the Maryland State Police.

Search efforts have been paused for the four other workers who are presumed dead, because additional vehicles are encased in concrete and other debris, making it unsafe for divers, Superintendent Col. Roland L. Butler said.

Once salvage operations clear the debris, divers will search for more remains, he said. The workers were believed to be mending potholes on the bridge when it fell, officials said.

Timeline
According to a timeline provided Wednesday by the NTSB, alarms on the ship blared just before 1:25 a.m. ET Tuesday as the ship moved through the channel as it left the port. About that time, the voyage data recorder ceased documenting things like audio, GPS positions and speed. (Video available before the NTSB released its timeline shows the ship’s lights going out at 1:24 a.m., before turning back on, and then flickering off and on again between 1:26 a.m. and 1:27 a.m.)

The data recording resumed at 1:26:02 a.m. – about 63 seconds after the alarms started – and the pilot could be heard issuing steering commands to the crew, according to the NTSB timeline.

At 1:26:39 a.m., the pilot sent out a radio call for help from tugboats, which typically help ships in earlier stages of leaving port. About the same time, a pilot association dispatcher phoned the Maryland Transportation Authority duty officer regarding the ship’s lights blacking out, according to the NTSB.

At 1:27:04 a.m., the pilot ordered for one anchor to be dropped and gave additional steering commands.

The pilot radioed just a short time later that the ship had lost power and was closing in on the bridge. A duty officer for the transportation authority, using radio, ordered other transportation authority officers to shut down traffic to the bridge – those officers were already on site because construction work was happening there, the NTSB said.

At 1:29:33 a.m., the ship’s recorder captured sounds consistent with the vessel striking the bridge, the NTSB said. Six seconds later, the pilot reported to the Coast Guard by radio that the bridge was down, the NTSB said.

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[mrln]

Happen long before computers running everything on ships. Skyway bridge in Florida 1980.

i wont dispute that. but im sure theres computers aboard this ship. this is 2024 after all.

 

[deviant2]

 

[mrln]

ok now so who is going to pay for this mess to be cleaned up, and this bridge rebuilt?
it sure as shit souldn't be on us!

 

[ladydubs]

Yup, I figured the early news reports where wrong, saying 'no casualties'..Damn horrible Final destination way to go

I heard there were 6 deaths. I think they were construction workers

 

[Ricky Rubinsky]

Never let pajeets near anything important.

 

[Venture _Capitalist]

speculation is a game anyone can play

 

[Ravishing Rick Rude]

I'm surprised Somali pirates haven't plundered the cargo

 

[D.O.A.]

 

[DeathHand]

ok now so who is going to pay for this mess to be cleaned up, and this bridge rebuilt?
it sure as shit souldn't be on us!

Sure won't be me, but shit, my brand new 2027 Lexus SUV is inside one of those friggin' containers!

 

[mrln]

when i worked on the tapp n zee bridge here in n.y., we had one og the biggest cranes with one of the biggest claws made,to help dismantle the old bridge. why not use that again?


ok another bridge being hit by a barge in Arkansas. what in the fuck is going on here? 2 in a week? something is "fishy"....

 

[deviant2]

BREAKING: Tragic Collision at Francis Scott Key Bridge - 17 Dead Confirmed by Salvage Diver - Breaking News Today

In a tragic turn of events, a salvage diver working at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has confirmed that at least 17 individuals lost their lives

countylocalnews.com

 

[NANUK]

tug boats ...where are the tugs boats for escorting , stupid decision

 

[Pensacola333]

I'll bet a snickers bar that captain wasn't an anglo saxon male

He was a ( white ) trans from San Fran...banging the ship's cook instead of doing his/her/it's job !!!