Damn…..
Maryland: Ship hits Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse
A ship has hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, causing it to collapse, authorities said.
www.foxnews.com
I will not make a stereotypical driver joke.DALI, Container Ship - Details and current position - IMO 9697428 - VesselFinder
Vessel DALI (IMO 9697428, MMSI 563004200) is a Container Ship built in 2015 and currently sailing under the flag of Singapore.www.vesselfinder.com
Ship is DALI, Singapore.
Narrative?I'm skeptical of the "accident" narrative. Cargo pilots have navigated that river so many times. No way this was an accident.
Which makes human error unlikely. Those people know the area.Harbor Pilot was in command, not the ship's captain.
Just another reason to stay away.I heard one reporter say the bridge carried 11 million cars a day. That's a lot of traffic to find alternate routes.
Like I believe anything they say…it was an accident, says the Democrats in Baltimore.
That reporter is an idiot. Annual probably. Puts it at 30,000 daily.I heard one reporter say the bridge carried 11 million cars a day. That's a lot of traffic to find alternate routes.
Low information reporter: 11 million annually maybe. It’s still going to be a pain getting around it. Wonder when we will start seeing ‘supply chain’ issues related to this.I heard one reporter say the bridge carried 11 million cars a day. That's a lot of traffic to find alternate routes.
Thought that number sounded exaggerated. Wikipedia puts the number at 11.5 million annually. Original post updated. Thanks.That reporter is an idiot. Annual probably. Puts it at 30,000 daily.
But that level of incompetence only happens in Final Destination movies.People wanna jump straight to "It was deliberate" all over social media. Sometimes shyt just happens. Human error, mechanical failure, human neglect, nature, etc. Looks like the ship was having mechanical problems. You can see all the lights go out on it at one point. Major power failure and everything goes out, including rudder control.
Surprised the supports didn't have protective barriers around the to avoid ship strikes. I guess the new bridge will have them. They built some around the Sunshine Skyway bridge in Florida after it happened there.
A couple few of them could have kept it off the bridge. I read earlier that they had just untied from the tugs right before this happened.Thinking out loud as a layman:
I wonder if a tug was flanking it, if the tug could have pushed it clear? Anybody been on a tug?