Ship Lost Power Before Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore

[KY_EnviroGuy]

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Source: What's Going on With Shipping?

In this episode on the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb🍺, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Somali Basin, and Strait of Hormuz, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the allision between MV Dali and the Baltimore Key Bridge.

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Video clip show lights going out on that cargo ship just before collision with the bridge. That could mean loss of steering control and/or communications.

Looks to me like a section of the Key Bridge fell onto the ship's bridge, so there may be fatalities or serious injury there in addition to those who were on the bridge.

[PJMcK]

1. The crew and pilots are safe and accounted for (n/t)

[elleng]

2. THANKS. *** Watch U-tube.

[mpcamb]

3. Now to figure out why it lost power... accident or foreign plotted?

I know spreading conspiracy crap is wrong, but it raised a red (no pun) for me.

[IcyPeas]

4. Amazing video, the bridge collapsed so quickly. /nt

[nuxvomica]

5. I was wondering if it could have been hacked

Considering how automated a lot of cargo ships are nowadays (or so I learned from 3-Body Problem on Netflix).

[Basic LA]

6. Great report of this disaster. Thanks!

That guy knows what he's talking about. Can imagine the panic on that ship's bridge!

[Yonnie3]

7. Locking

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