Maryland's Key Bridge collapses after being struck by large container ship (1 Viewer)
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Notice the country he's from...?
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Yes, but for all I know his documents are fake. It is all sus though isn't it?
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there was so much space that was i wanna say maybe 200-300-400ft of open space and they managed to achieve crashing into maybe a 30x30 beam
well done..
That may be well deserved in some cases. But there is no comparison to the pajeet electrical engineers in India. If I was a Hradittadotta, I would just tell them to run a constant current through me so I might have a chance when I step into the bug zapper.
It's not fake. This was planned from within to cripple the US even more and to take the focus off Diddy and the major implications of acts and people contained in court documents. Hang on, cause it WILL get worse.
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It will get worse, you're right.
What's scary if you live around DC is if any entity or entities is trying to do this to all the main arteries, simultaneously, or where it affects traffic here at the same time.
The Key bridge is how to access the Port of Baltimore & how 30k commuters get to & fro... so trucks won't be able to get in/out & this all will atleast shift deliveries to other ports so expect delays of products. There's going to be one helluva ripple effect.
So, are you telling us that this was an intentional act of terrorism? I don't think our government is willing and capable of doing something so horrific and... oh wait, I seem to remember some buildings in New York...
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There's bridges and 2 tunnels.
Well, this is interesting... hmmm...
"BALTIMORE -- The United States Coast Guard on Friday asked for community support in finding the person responsible for multiple false distress coming from the Baltimore area.
At least 16 calls have been transmitted over VHF channel 16 since February 17, officials said. The channel, part of Marine VHF radios, is only used for hailing and distress, and transmitting a false signal is a federal crime.
Officials said the calls, in which a person was calling for help with no location or details, came from the Strawberry Point area of Middle River, a cape in Baltimore County. "
Coast Guard investigating hoax distress calls from near Baltimore
Audio recording of the hoax distress calls...
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"BALTIMORE -- The United States Coast Guard on Friday asked for community support in finding the person responsible for multiple false distress coming from the Baltimore area.
At least 16 calls have been transmitted over VHF channel 16 since February 17, officials said. The channel, part of Marine VHF radios, is only used for hailing and distress, and transmitting a false signal is a federal crime.
Officials said the calls, in which a person was calling for help with no location or details, came from the Strawberry Point area of Middle River, a cape in Baltimore County. "
Coast Guard investigating hoax distress calls from near Baltimore
Audio recording of the hoax distress calls...
Coast Guard continues to investigate hoax distress calls near Baltimore, seeks community support to identify caller’s voice
A recording of two false mayday calls received over VHF Channel 16 by U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region watchstanders in the Baltimore area, released on March 20, 2024. Anyone with information or recognizes the caller’s voice is requested to call (410) 576-2555. (U.S...
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Well, this is interesting... hmmm...
"BALTIMORE -- The United States Coast Guard on Friday asked for community support in finding the person responsible for multiple false distress coming from the Baltimore area.
At least 16 calls have been transmitted over VHF channel 16 since February 17, officials said. The channel, part of Marine VHF radios, is only used for hailing and distress, and transmitting a false signal is a federal crime.
Officials said the calls, in which a person was calling for help with no location or details, came from the Strawberry Point area of Middle River, a cape in Baltimore County. "
Coast Guard investigating hoax distress calls from near Baltimore
Audio recording of the hoax distress calls...
Coast Guard continues to investigate hoax distress calls near Baltimore, seeks community support to identify caller’s voice
A recording of two false mayday calls received over VHF Channel 16 by U.S. Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region watchstanders in the Baltimore area, released on March 20, 2024. Anyone with information or recognizes the caller’s voice is requested to call (410) 576-2555. (U.S...
Your clip from the Mothman Prophesies was the first thing I thought of too... ohh, & now this. How eerie.
The rabbit-hole deepens.
It's relatively simple to identify the origination of that distress call. A license is required to operate on all of the marine frequencies, and the ident numbers are broadcast with the voice transmission. Additionally, triangulation would be very simple that close to shore.
It's relatively simple to identify the origination of that distress call. A license is required to operate on all of the marine frequencies, and the ident numbers are broadcast with the voice transmission. Additionally, triangulation would be very simple that close to shore.
I want to know what is in those containers.
No license is required to operate on channel 16. It's an open marine channel. Anyone can use it.
Ooooooh, that's a really good point! Maybe P. Diddy's sex slaves?
16 is just an emergency channel and the VHF radios that can transmit on those frequencies are required by the FCC to transmit their broadcast ID. It's programmed right into the radio. Anyone with the proper equipment, such as the Coast Guard, should be able to trace that ID easily.
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Sorry to disappoint you, but what happened is more common than you think. Unfortunately, the breakdown in the power generators occurred in the wrong place and resulted in a freak accident.
Similar accidents happen every year, but as they do not end in tragedies they are not publicized.
The power outage can have several causes, and when detected you have a window of just a few minutes to repair it if possible and in the case of this boat, even if after the fault is repaired the result would be the same.
Most of the time these malfunctions happen due to poor maintenance and boat repairs are too expensive and companies use to delay them until there's an inspection.
Boats don't have brakes, and a beast like this, weighs thousands of tons, so you have to use the reverse gears several miles before docking.
The commander, as well as his mates, when there is a power outage, are left without engines, the boat automatically stop braking and are unable to control the helm.
The only thing they can do is use the VHF radio to send distress signals and try to explain the situation to authorities.
And even if help arrived at the same minute, the boat would hit the bridge anyway, it is impossible to stop a boat of this size.
Only after an investigation we can know what really happened. If it was company negligence, the staff (which i doubt) or just the bad luck to suffer a failure in a terrible place (channel/river) where is very difficult to manuever a ship like this, if not impossible, that's why there are pilot boats to help them out in such places
Similar accidents happen every year, but as they do not end in tragedies they are not publicized.
The power outage can have several causes, and when detected you have a window of just a few minutes to repair it if possible and in the case of this boat, even if after the fault is repaired the result would be the same.
Most of the time these malfunctions happen due to poor maintenance and boat repairs are too expensive and companies use to delay them until there's an inspection.
Boats don't have brakes, and a beast like this, weighs thousands of tons, so you have to use the reverse gears several miles before docking.
The commander, as well as his mates, when there is a power outage, are left without engines, the boat automatically stop braking and are unable to control the helm.
The only thing they can do is use the VHF radio to send distress signals and try to explain the situation to authorities.
And even if help arrived at the same minute, the boat would hit the bridge anyway, it is impossible to stop a boat of this size.
Only after an investigation we can know what really happened. If it was company negligence, the staff (which i doubt) or just the bad luck to suffer a failure in a terrible place (channel/river) where is very difficult to manuever a ship like this, if not impossible, that's why there are pilot boats to help them out in such places
Nice edit, must have went to Google for the proper info?
It is an emergency and hailing channel. Every boat, dock master, bridge tender and some private homes have them. I repeat, you do not need a license to push the button on the hand held and broadcast on Marine channel 16. Period.
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No, you do not need a license to push the button. But that radio has an FCC ID. All transmitters do. Your phone has one, your wifi router has one, all devices sold in the US that transmit on ANY known frequency are required to have one and it is (since the 70's iirc) programmed into the device to broadcast along with the voice transmission.
All seagoing water vessels that navigate on any US waters are required to have that radio, and that FCC ID is attached to the license required to operate that vessel and the radio that's on board.
Could someone have bought a handheld off the shelf and done that? Sure, but there's a receipt somewhere for every FCC regulated device in use. Personally, I don't think there WAS a hoax call made at all. Nobody says "help". They say "mayday". If anyone wanted it to sound authentic, they would've said that.
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