Baltimore bridge: Data recorder recovered from ship in Baltimore Key Bridge crash I BBC News

Investigators have recovered a data recorder from the container ship which crashed into a bridge in the US city of Baltimore, officials say.
Six people are presumed dead after the Singapore-flagged Dali cargo vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge as it left port on Tuesday.
Investigators hope the recovered data recorder will answer questions about how and why the ship malfunctioned.
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[@TheKnittingAstronaut]

My heart goes out to all who has lost loved ones. from Canada.

[@journeysalkebulan]

I'm so sorry for the construction workers who have lost their life. 😢😔

[@clemclemson9259]

we all are- terrible

[@its_karthi_yoo]

Just 6 fatalities and every single one of them were illegal immigrants from South America.

[@ajh8156]

@@its_karthi_yoo Dude, wtf? Show some respect.

[@ramadamming8498]

Right - but thousands or millions die every day from abuse, poor health care, poisoned food, polluted rivers and so on. What about that?

[@ajh8156]

​@@ramadamming8498 It's tragic, very much so. What's your point? You're making it sound like we can't offer condolences, ever, because deaths happen every day elsewhere in the world.

[@Fuzzmo147]

Jeez! How easily it crumbled!!!! Scarey af

[@colonelcider8292]

To be fair that is to be expected from a truss supported structure Truss' are designed to share loads so when a key supporting pillar fails it will cause a chain reaction as the remaining supports are being subjected to loads they were never designed to take.

[@gohawks3571]

Considering the ship & what's on it, it's possible that the ship could weigh more that the bridge! There's possibly thousands of truck loads of merchandise on the ship, and there's no way that could even fit on that bridge. And the ship had been under power before it lost it. It like a giant wrecking ball😞

[@gohawks3571]

​@@colonelcider8292I suppose looking at it from that standpoint, that bridge performed pretty well. If that thing hit one of our many derelict bridges, they'd probably disintegrate from one end to the other! Edit: I guess it pretty much did fall apart end to end, I don't know how I mistook that. I think it was just so shocking! But I still think one of the derelict bridges would simply poofed into dust, sadly...

[@RejonMunchausen]

'recovered' is a little overly dramatic way of saying 'the crew disconnecting it from the completely undamaged bridge of the ship and took it to shore with them when they left' ...not like sifting through the burning wreckage of a crashed plane for the flight recorder

[@photoisca7386]

Its the B.B.C - not recommended for accurate reporting.

[@ajh8156]

Recovered means to regain possession of something stolen or lost. So, yeah, a bit overdramatic considering the ship is intact and, indeed, not lost or stolen.

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

And they gave the crew plenty of time to alter the recorder

[@rostyslavadamchuk3300]

The crew, will touch ''nothing'', so as ''office'' or the ''ship's owner'' ... the Bridge had Collapsed ... it will include investigation involving Flag State, Port State, Port of Call, Main Representatieve and Yes ''they'' meaning Fed's, will recover any vital information connected to the incident.

[@SEAL341]

@@photoisca7386 oh, shut up. It is one of the best news gathering outfits in the world.

[@komujimaru]

no bridge can stop that juggernaut of a cargo ship

[@Madz-fx9qm]

Like a damned juggernaut-Jekyll and Hyde

[@douglastibbitts364]

That's why tugboats traditionally get used in waterways of this nature.

[@toomignon]

It’s just wearing the largest sea anchor in history.

[@douglastibbitts364]

@@toomignon anchors were made for a breaking system.? So why are tugboats even a thing?

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

SingaporeSingapore is not a safe place either. Violent man hit you with stick multiple times in busy crowded street, police called and they did nothing! Multiple witnesses and cctv and police do nothing! In Singapore, many men do upskirt video in public spaces with evidence captured on cctv and police did nothing! In Singapore, man expose his genitals and full nakedness in quiet, public neighbourhood to violate woman, police called and do nothing! Singapore is not safe because police dont act in the crimes reported. Police bury the crimes drop cold the cases, dont pursue the criminals. Victims don't get justice. Things only look OK on the surface. Today criminals are not punished by the law. They get away scot free.

[@pmlwien]

Where did they "find" it? On the bridge, where it is ? The ship didn't sink, it's no effort to get the Datat revorder.

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

Testing

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

The size of that ship compared to the bridge 😮

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

Unreal, isn’t it?

[@gohawks3571]

Yeah, seeing it in comparison to the bridge, it's just crazy huge. Of course then you look at what's on the ship & think of how many semi truck loads it's holding... Just massive!

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

@@gohawks3571 correct inertia affect weight x speed = force applyed not my area but maths person fill in the space plz

[@Carlos-im3hn]

yes. 95,000 tonnes at approximately 7kts at the allision point with the bridge columns must have huge inertia.

[@constancereed2796]

This tragedy is heart felt as I watch this with intense intensity, hoping that just maybe those who are being search for are still alive. If not so , my condolences goes out to these workers and their families.

[@MrCrazycook8]

Sadly, Generally, a person can survive in 41-degree F (5-degree C) water for 10, 15 or 20 minutes before the muscles get weak, you lose coordination and strength, which happens because the blood moves away from the extremities and toward the center, or core, of the body.

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

They would have lost consciousness within 15 minutes. Unless they are miraculously under a big air bubble with their faces right side up, this is a body recovery mission and has been since 2:00A Tuesday morning. The officials, however, are obligated to call it a rescue mission for a certain amount of time and that’s why they reported all of yesterday that were in rescue mode.

[@simonbradford5954]

Lol your actually sucked in by this, 😆

[@lifesbutastumble]

@@simonbradford5954*you're

[@one.traveler]

Per police incident report: The ship lost power steering.This was the cause of emergency. They did alert for the workers and traffic to be stopped. It was said all protocols were followed. The crew did the right thing and alerted immediately. Unfortunately not all made it the workers were too far out in the mid section of the bridge they were unable to be saved.

[@Carlos-im3hn]

hopefully the root cause of the power failure (alert and emergency) will be found in the data recorder.

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

Do your youtube comment appear immediately after posting and stay there? Or youtube only show your comment after 1 or 2 day? Why youtube keeps deleting my comment?

[@GuacamoleyNacho]

SSingapore is not a safe place either. Violent man hit you with stick multiple times in busy crowded street, police called and they did nothing! Multiple witnesses and cctv and police do nothing! In Singapore, many men do upskirt video in public spaces with evidence captured on cctv and police did nothing! In Singapore, man expose his genitals and full nakedness in quiet, public neighbourhood to violate woman, police called and do nothing! Singapore is not safe because police dont act in the crimes reported. Police bury the crimes drop cold the cases, dont pursue the criminals. Victims don't get justice. Things only look OK on the surface. Today criminals are not punished by the law. They get away scot free.

[@Take_Flight465]

also if they had made it to the workers. they to, would not have returned. unfortunately

[@user-eh4kv6vl8n]

There were three explosions on the top of the bridge .go to redacted news

[@tomwitte3277]

Hi BBC I live 2 miles from fort armstead old fort back when America was fighting each other North against South. the key bridge is right next to it Anyway when it collapsed I swear it sounded like thunder with my house shaking. My brother in law is the day time maintenance super. of harbor tunnel another way to get across but just transferred from key bridge 2 months ago. The men that died were co-workers he knew everyone. One guy just had a baby girl 3 weeks ago, it's a sad time in Baltimore right now.

[@bwise609]

I am going to hold judgement till they get the black box from the bridge

[@h-dawg6462]

As if we'll be given the correct info about that. At this point they'll probably retrieve a rainbow colored one!

[@lifesbutastumble]

@@h-dawg6462Right wing deregulation and money saving costs. I will go with that one as it is much less absurd than your poor attempt at finger-pointing at the "woke"

[@h-dawg6462]

@@lifesbutastumble how was it a poor attempt? you got it.

[@lifesbutastumble]

@@h-dawg6462LOL, nice that you didn't actually refute what I said. The party of personal responsibility not actually taking responsibility is why nobody believes any of your claims

[@h-dawg6462]

@@lifesbutastumble typical leftist lunatic! it was in your words a poor attempt....but you got it! so, it wasn't a poor attempt then was it!! lol.

[@unknownband1308]

Good job they stopped the traffic or it would have been hundreds if not more

[@messystudios8505]

Luckily it was 1:30 am local time so the bridge probably wasnt busy anyway.

[@unknownband1308]

@@messystudios8505 good point

[@markgolden6265]

Still a major part of the Beltway around Baltimore it’s always traffic.

[@DaNiyaHodge]

Prayers for Baltimore

[@greenskeepergaming]

I can't believe safety officials didn't think it was necessary to have tugboats escort huge shipping barges through a lifeline bridge that is such an important part of the economy. Didn't think to have barriers protected the crucial points of the bridge either?

[@jiubboatman9352]

I can't believe you don't know what an argument from incredulity is. But still here we are. The bride is some 52 years old. The port is the the largest in America, shipping cars, steel, spy and sugar among many things. I could find not figures for the number of ships a day that use that port but I think it would to be, in maritime terms, quite alot. Basically, a great many shops have passed beneath this bridge for 52 years unescorted. Then factor in how many other ports around the world have ships passing beneath bridges to meet reach them. The ship had a pilot on board. So normal day to day operations would be safe (as could reasonably be expected.). And I hope you would agree that losing power while at reasonable speed, close enough to the bridge and hitting a bridge support. Is an edge case. And finally people far more qualified than me and I will reasonably assume, you. Create the rules for ships operating out of these ports. edited for wrong fallacy. Incredulity not ignorance as first stated.

[@FirstName-zw1py]

Nailed it. Over education and over qualification will never compare to actually knowing what the fuck you are doing. 👍

[@Carlos-im3hn]

the 2 tugboats kept up to less than 5kts. Above 5kts the tugboats waived off, and the Dali ship was underway at 8kts before the allision with the bridge columns. Tugboats are not used at speeds above 5kts worldwide.

[@ecossearthur]

At 8 knots tugs are useless... Especially 2 that small! if you know you know 😆

[@greenskeepergaming]

@@Carlos-im3hnalright my mistake. I don't work in the marine field or do research on tug boats in my free time. I just figured in a nation and world that can routinely send penis rockets into orbit would be able to manage a water vessel or something capable of diverting such catastrophe as an insurance policy for human life, safety and the assurance that our economy runs strong. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@teressastevenson3844]

This is such a tragedy

[@TomServo1969]

"Crews have now found the data recorder" "talk about the discovery of this data recorder" ???? This isn't a crashed airliner or a sunken vessel. The data recorder wasn't lost; it was exactly where it's supposed to be. That's like removing a tire from a parked car and saying, "Crews have managed to locate one of the car's tires." Well... no kidding. How 'bout that.

[@kz518]

I couldn't agree more.

[@verzeda]

Welcome to mainstream media, where the jackals sensationalise and feed on your clicks like the attention-starved, truth-twisting little money gremlins that they are.

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

Calm down drama queen. They’re not trying to make out it was hard to find. But it could have been lost or damaged but thankfully it’s not. For goodness sake.🙄🙄🙄

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

@@kz518nobody was making out it was hard to find for gods sake.

[@kz518]

@@christopherwhittaker2620 Maybe it was not that easy to find compared to finding the car's tires .

[@omi_god]

Part of my job at the phone company was to run a monthly test of the diesel power generators which are attached to each central office - these generators are why landline phones continue to work even when commercial power is unavailable. There is a main fuel tank for the generator, and also a "day tank", which is there to help insure that the generator doesn't run out of fuel for a 24-hour period. One day, someone running the test started the generator before checking the day tank, which was nearly empty. After switching to the generator from commercial power, the lights stayed on for a minute or so, but then began failing throughout the building, and emergency fire crews were dispatched to the central office by outside witnesses who noticed the huge cloud of dense black smoke billowing up from the generator room. It was exactly the same as what we see in the video of the ship, so my guess is that after main power blew, someone started the emergency generator, which promptly ran out of fuel, producing the big cloud of black smoke, and leading to a repeat of the power failure. The difference here was that there was no commercial power to switch back to.

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

not really because main power failed lights went out for a few minutes then backup generators probably kicked in lights back on to late thou on route for bridge support that's why the black smoke generators first start up 👆

[@omi_god]

@@JonDow-ow2fc You don't get that big cloud of black smoke when you start a diesel generator. What we see in the video is not a normal amount of smoke, and looks to me exactly like a diesel that is running out of fuel.

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

​​​@@omi_godlol start any diesel up and you will see a clowd of black smoke definitely 😅 no fuel no smoke 🙄

[@omi_god]

@@JonDow-ow2fc Of course there is some smoke - it's a diesel, after all - but not like this. What we see in the video is a problem with the generator, and most likely a problem with the fuel. I'm talking from direct experience. How many diesel generators have you worked on?

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

@@omi_god lol 😂 everyone has had a diesel car you tell me what happeneds when you start it up first time 🙄ran out of fuel you said backup generators wouldn't smoke without fuel would they nothing to burn no smoke 🙄

[@mairimcgonigill4347]

An absolute tragedy, deep condolences to the families and friends of the victims. ❤❤

[@doygazgar]

I'm not surprised the ship had a blackout carrying all that weight?

[@user-ov5pf8jv2w]

I have had Steered Vessels bigger than this with American Harbor Pilots Bridges in Mississippi River, Colombia River Going to Oregon Golden Gate passing to the Oakland Brinde going to Stockton., I have been in Baltimore and New Jersey but this unfortunate event that have had happened has a lot of things to Consider. 1.) how Old is the Vessel? 2.) if it is Singapore Registered surely it went through a rigorous inspection 3.) the Captain or Skipper of the Ship is no longer in Control once the Harbor Pilot is on board. Things to Consider •Failure of Communication bet. Bridge and the Engine room •mechanical failure •Electonic or Computer Failure •if two Pilots are on Board the other Pilot is under trainee. Anyhow., surely the Able Government Agency of Beloved America can come up with a Strong, Credible and Reliable Investigation. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE🙏❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mosshark]

"From what I can see, it's still afloat." lmao

[@journeysalkebulan]

You are stupi# and a 🤡 Keyboard have made fool$ like you brave! I guarantee your ignorance is never said to anyone's face! #Keyboard warrior!

[@glitchingghost7560]

@@journeysalkebulan dam bro calm down 👀

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

​@@journeysalkebulan calm down Ivanbot 😅

[@jimmycreamer7905]

The pilots ordered hard port ? The ship went starboard !

[@pfrydog]

Amazing that there's little to no precautions to keep this from happening.

[@freddiecarr7602]

Same as driving on a road. A little white line keeps me from you. my tire blows, I hit you. What should Baltimore do about that little white line to prevent me from hitting you? One point---when the port was being upgraded they discussed putting Dolphins in---but used the money for larger toll booths- The Dolphins may have diverted the ship if enough were drivin'

[@user-ov5pf8jv2w]

🙏❤️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 To all the merchant mariner who perished in this tragedy. Deepest Condolences To The Bereaved Family Love❤ and Prayers🙏 -Henry, Malynn and Son Tristan🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@talltimbot]

Were stern and bow thrusters engaged when ship went hard starboard directly into bridge support. Was the ship controlled remotely

[@GOOFYLIST71]

The ship lost power soooo

[@user-ot1hn1yb6y]

how much time exactly took place between the first call to warn anyone and clear the bridge or stop traffic took place and why didnt they warn the construction crew... for that matter why didnt the ship blow their warning horn(for collision)... that should have been on battery back up not ship power...

[@ecossearthur]

What do your mean found? OMG reporting at its best.....

[@hayleydee9146]

That didn't look like an accident but my heart goes out to the people lost prayers are with them from the uk

[@user-yl7ep2fo9t]

2 minutes of data missing on the black box recorder. Have you seen the slow motion port camera footage???? 3 explosions from left to righ are clear to see.

[@Krispy1011]

The US should fine the owners and operators of the ship $454 million dollars that must be paid within 10 days or the ship will be sent back to its port of origin!

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

Why the arbitrary amount of money?

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

The owners or operators would cry 😢 and have a new fundraising pyramid sc***m setup for Joe cult members to pay it for them 😮

[@alexanderfoster3628]

"or the ship will be sent back to its port of origin!" - So if they don't pay your random fine they get their ship back anyway? 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikeleo1]

HAHAHA 😂

[@peterhelios2960]

The pilots were from US

[@denniskiunuhwa]

The United States needs to take a breath man.

[@user-ts6uc4gt7t]

Trump 2024

[@markgolden6265]

@@user-ts6uc4gt7tNope! Now that skip has sailed!

[@whatchamacallit70]

Vote Trump! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@JohnMcmillin-br8tk]

​@@user-ts6uc4gt7tis Trump God? The second coming? Please tell me how Your messiah can stop all future ..well everything and anything? Such morons

[@lifesbutastumble]

@@whatchamacallit70For MORE deregulation?

[@ceeellebee122]

It looked like the load was going to be high for the bridge regardless, but that steer directly towards the bridge looks 🤔….

[@t-rex4211]

It got in didn’t it 😉

[@eddieward8029]

My heart goes out to the construction workers and their families and friends. How is it a call was made that stop vehicular traffic from travelling on the bridge but the construction workers were not given a fighting chance. Some explanation is lacking here...

[@jonnsonsam]

I assume by now everyone has seen the video of the ship being actively steered into the bridge support.

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

What's that scribbling noise?

[@Shining237]

There are roughly 56,000 bridges in The United States that are expired/outdated and driven across daily.

[@shanefisher2972]

My job for 10 years was performing minimal patch repairs on very outdated rotten bridges. Actually, one of my jobsites was a bridge very similar to this one. The structural upgrade was actually to compensate for inability to take an impact from a large ship.

[@tenerifecats6652]

This bridge was fine; having no buffer to prevent a gigantic hulking ship ramming it is the issue and makes one wonder how many other bridges are around with crucial structures to protect their structures from being hit. This could actually happen to bridges that don’t span water.

[@shanefisher2972]

@@tenerifecats6652 I would put money on it that the bridge was not fine. 50 years ago, they probably didn't test concrete like they do now. Bad concrete batches are common

[@luvit579]

@@tenerifecats6652💯

[@douglastibbitts364]

Has nothing to do with this . Focus

[@marythibault9032]

Looks like an accident. Power went out twice.

[@jillianschneider7935]

Its sad you guys be nice they lost a lot of people

[@raymoniyalawrence5484]

I still need to understand how traffic was stopped from going onto the bridge minutes before the collapse but 6 workers remained... No one notified them?

[@suprematica]

There's audio of police closing the ends of the bridge just 90 seconds before it collapsed, they were about to warn the construction workers too but it was too late.

[@IslandVibez-id1up]

Obviously steered into the bridge? No turn no collision?

[@douglastibbitts364]

Settle down captain obvious.

[@colonelcider8292]

Because if they didn't turn the ship would be going straight into baltimore instead... The ship tired turning so it doesn't collide with land and avoids the bridge but you see the ship lose power again while doing the manouver leading the ship unable to avoid a collision when power comes back.

[@gregorymerritt2528]

It is suspicious when you look at the final moments it would be foolish to not have doubts

[@douglastibbitts364]

@@gregorymerritt2528 the only thing that doesn't add up is why the use tugboats is not required in this waterway. This was bound to happen.

[@gregorymerritt2528]

Americans are so naive that boat sailed all the way from Asia with no problem but all of a sudden it lost power at the bridge. And you don't think anything is odd smh

[@fv1291]

I hope they find the ship connected to the data recorder!

[@svlonestar7645]

Here's a "clue".. the boat hammered the bridge, and the bridge wasn't built to take impacts, either limit the sizes of container ships or build a bridge that can survive impacts.

[@janiecovey9009]

Might be a crazy question but could we get some large ferrying ships to take the trucks back and forth ?

[@thatGUYbehindthemask]

i would assume that was the back up engine starting. main one probably failed. those back up ones like to run on bunker fuel, which burns thick black smoke.

[@jamesmaybrick2001]

Main engine restarting causes the black smoke burn.

[@thatGUYbehindthemask]

@@jamesmaybrick2001 have you even seen a ship burning bunker fuel before? They obviously werent running the normal fuel.

[@drdunnwrightlsd]

There's no way that thing didn't have power it hit that so hard like faster than any cargo ship I've ever seen

[@Carlos-im3hn]

the noted Dali ship was underway at 8kts pointed toward the bridge when it lost power ~1km from the bridge. The momentum of 95,000 tonnes at 8kts is massive.

[@donnah5378]

Maybe they should decrease speed when approaching bridges

[@donovandelaney3171]

That don't make sense since most ship's engines now a days are electric.

[@manoz6194]

old ship?

[@lifesbutastumble]

How doesn't it make sense?

[@westernapache1700]

They still rely on diesel engines. Can you imagine the size of battery that would be needed if it was electric? Probably not.

[@its_karthi_yoo]

Is it a built bridge or a glued bridge 💀🤣

[@Email-mu1mv]

Workers 😢😮

[@tangqunkung9590]

I wonder that bridge should only damaged parts of hit by ship, but it's not entire of collapsed.

[@polygonalmasonary]

The data recorder confirmed, the ship crashed into an unprotected bridge 🙄🇬🇧💙💙💙💙🙏🇬🇧

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

funny you have a Russian accent 😮

[@davecooper3238]

So someone or some people has been out to a ship trapped under the bridge & recovered the data recorder. I can't see a problem using recovered. After all it's been recovered from a shop marooned out in the channel.

[@davecooper3238]

@@JonDow-ow2fc The data record was stuck out in the shipping channel. It’s perfectly reasonable to say they had to go out to recover it from the ship.

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

@@davecooper3238 sorry your correct misread your comt 🙏

[@davecooper3238]

@@JonDow-ow2fc OK cheers. If it’s any consolation I’m not perfect either.

[@billb3444]

No. You just connect a laptop and download the data or pull out the memory stick/portable hard drive. A very simple job.

[@jessielazaula4318]

Traumatic ang bridge... Grabeh sa video... Kakatakot...

[@Jurornumber5]

THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING HYPER-INFLATION AND EVERYONE CUTTING CORNERS.

[@westernapache1700]

And hiring unqualified, worthless people to meet DEI quotas...

[@phillhatton4492]

What about the explosion? Looked a lot like demo charge...

[@Mitchell527]

Ships use lighter fuel near coast right?

[@connorjames6307]

Butane ? Hahah lighter fluid i pictured haha

[@davidpowell7614]

In many areas, large ships have to use cleaner burning fuel in areas where pollution has to be reduced/controlled. Usually fuel with less sulphur content. English channel is a good example. The amount of emissions from these huge ships is astonishing. Hope that’s helpful.

[@andrewgray1949]

I understand what you're asking - It's a good question;- The main fuel is referred to as Bunker fuel and is too heavy to burn as is. Steam generators pump steam through heating coils in the fuel tanks and only once hot is it thin enough to be used in the engine. However if the engine is likely to be shut down, then a lighter fuel is used so that the motor does not have to re-START using bunker - it isn't to do with being inshore

[@Bucketbrain82]

What does the chicken connoisseur think?

[@thecatalist9117]

I don't smell a accident, something stinks

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

ur underwear?

[@douglastibbitts364]

That's you stinking things up. He who smelt it.........

[@chuckabutty888]

maybe a whiff from the Grassy Knoll?

[@danz7462]

Ah yes, the KZbin comments expert! Please expert, tell us what your shit smelling nose smells!

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

Quick response to drop anchor ⚓ all else fails dropping anchor to try and steer direction of ship overrides lost helm control

[@delta_glider4362]

1. They did. Thats why ship turns. 2. Less speed = lost ability to steer. Ask Titanic.

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

@@delta_glider4362 no helm control anchor ⚓ dropped acts as a pendulum and swings ship around 👍 basically overrides all direction if the power has failed to swing vessel around must be emergency protocols if they did it

[@danz7462]

​@@JonDow-ow2fcBruh at 8 knots and anchor is not doing much to slow you down. There's nothing to slow you down actually, especially if you have a blackout AND no steering

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

@@danz7462 only my opinion take it as so

[@DimanLaundry]

Bad fuel may be cause? Wouldn't many other ships have this issue too?

[@Peace44975]

Guaranteed , many factors played, incompetence of staff to restore power, slow decision making in getting auxiliary power, not asking a tug to accompany toll bridge is cleared, contaminated fuel if so will know way before as during sailing it would caused many problems , hence should have acted pro actively, that they could not risk mitigate if engines fail during manoeuvres, usually pilot should be informed of such problems so pilot can ask for stand by tugs. Many many angles should looked at, usually theses shipyards falsify records on the request of owners to cut cost etc…

[@BillyReed68]

Ok. I live in the area and have been over that bridge thousands of times. They turned right into the pile and everyone can see that. Those ships are so heavy that if they lose power they just keep going on the last heading for a long time or until they hit something, usually the side of the channel. They don't just turn by themselves and without power. It takes a lot to turn them when you want them to. So, this was absolutely deliberate. That ship was a diesel electric, It obviously starts rolling coal just as it starts a turn and then when the turn is completed the stacks go quiet. The heading of the ship straightens out just before impact. It is exactly as it appears to be. That BS of losing power is absurd when we can clearly see smoke pouring from the stacks the entire time the ship is turning. This cuts I-95 in half at the Mason Dixon for the next 5-6 years. It took 8 years to replace the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and another 6 to finish the interchanges. I believe this was tit for tat over the Nord-Stream Pipeline.

[@jimjoe9945]

Most large ships are direct drive diesel not diesel electric. When a single screw ship backs down( goes into reverse) the torque moves the Stern left which moves the bow right. There probably was no power to the rudder to counter act this.

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

switch off power the current takes control that's truth so heading wouldn't have been in control

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

Vlad how much of a coinsidence I live next block to you and your known to tell big tall tails for rubbles

[@BillyReed68]

@@NOT.MI5.MI6. Sorry, tide was flooding on it's way out. would have carried the ship out with it. and you would need a really big cross current to move millions of tons. Nice try.

[@BillyReed68]

@@jimjoe9945 NO... You are incorrect. it makes no difference which direction the helm is turned the boat will move directly backwards. This ain't some inboard outboard RV.

[@zogzog6611]

When the ship went into reverse it turned straight into the pier.

[@RiotinlondonW1]

if its a right hand turning propeller then going into reverse sends the propellor into anti-clockwise, therebye pulling the rear of the ship left and hence the front of the ship towards right (starboard) (ship's pivot point).

[@LeonDegrelle.z]

or loss of power and current took it into that direction

[@RiotinlondonW1]

I guess we will find out when the data becomes available for public viewing. Until then, pure specualtion, nothing more.

[@zogzog6611]

@@RiotinlondonW1 It is purely watching the video, not one scintilla of speculation. Reverse, then right turn straight into the pier. But yes, I am sure there will be more information in the months and years ahead.

[@zogzog6611]

@@LeonDegrelle.z No question it loses power twice. You can see it belching black smoke each time power is restored. Engines are full astern. No rudder control. Sharp right into the pier.

[@Thisandthat8908]

this gouverner has a impressive platitude per minute ratio! Top PR...erm politician.

[@scotthenderson292]

"I promised the families we would exert every effort to find their loved ones in the search and rescue phase. Now that we are in the recovery phase, I promise those families we will expend every resource to give them closure." Not really any platitudes in that...

[@fupopanda]

@@scotthenderson292 If you're cynical enough, it'll sound like platitudes

[@najmuddeenkubra1221]

Excuse me, is Maryland a state or a city? If it's a city why does a city have a governor instead of a mayor?

[@glitchingghost7560]

Maryland is a state🤓

[@najmuddeenkubra1221]

@@glitchingghost7560 😳

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

This crash is in Baltimore, Maryland

[@gregorymerritt2528]

And the city of Baltimore does have a mayor

[@fake734]

2 years to get it operational!😮

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

I bet it takes longer that that

[@fake734]

@@Trapper_Creek_2024 Think I m real close!🤔👍

[@Carlos-im3hn]

1 year to figure and year to clear it out...3 years to replan and finance, 3 years to build....maybe 7 years total ? Maybe cost $5 billion if done 50/50 with US Navy (free labor) ?

[@fake734]

@@Carlos-im3hn It may never be rebuilt! That area is slated for a Mega-City! Look at the "America 2050 map",!👍

[@billpattie3344]

where was the anchor watch ? it's law that under pilotage you have a man (two men ) standing by the windlass ready to let go the anchor, the ships only break in a situation like this.

[@chuckabutty888]

It said in this news report that an anchor was dropped

[@douglaslinemanful]

They dropped port anchor but it obviously was too late. Right before it hits the bridge pile you can see the ship just starting to pull to the port side but it was going too fast. They still haven’t explained why it veered starboard in the first place instead of going straight as it should have when it lost power.

[@billpattie3344]

@@chuckabutty888 It clearly shows in the tv footage that the Port anchor cable is showing up and down! that cant happen, if the anchor was deployed before it hit the bridge the cable would have been facing Aft, the cable is up and down and the amount of Bridge steel on the Fo'castle head tells me that the windlass was destroyed from the impact and (that ) dropped the anchor. 50 years at sea and 100s of anchors deployed by my own hands. They said that the sip gave out a mayday long before the ship hit the Bridge, the Anchor should have been dropped at the same time,,, just saying.

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

​@@douglaslinemanful if power failed current of river would have taken ship off heading straight away, so that's why ship could haves changed direction suddenly

[@billpattie3344]

@@douglaslinemanful Winds and tide and a high loaded ship acting like a sail might have played a a big part but it still doesn't explain how they managed to close the Bridge in plenty time, very sad for the people lost but some thing doesn't sit right, but they have the data recorder and that should bring more light on the disaster (accident) .

[@asimpleguy9667]

they'll say the ship captain was linked to Isis 😅

[@willskol]

'Each of the six workers on the bridge filling pot holes were from central America'. Was it cheaper labor?

[@westernapache1700]

There are plenty more cheap workers coming thru the open border every minute! Easy to replace! Thanks to dumbazz Joe Biden.

[@Jonnyicey]

A tug escort till clear of the bridge could of helped

[@caroleast9636]

This is mandatory in many harbours around the world, but here they just blame the bridge for not being strong enough ?

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

I don’t think tugs could have have stopped that mastodon of a ship

[@h-dawg6462]

i used to hire a tug escort on some weekends in my younger days.

[@Jonnyicey]

@@Trapper_Creek_2024 yeah probably couldn't stop her in time but could of slowed it down a bit or helped steer her clear.

[@Trapper_Creek_2024]

@@Jonnyicey Right

[@billb3444]

Ha ha. The VDR is on or near the bridge and is a large box. On the top of the bridge is a bright orange capsule that also contains the data. No one “found” the recorder. Such drama for no reason.

[@damianj7301]

We need to support the governor of Baltimore intellectually.

[@robertarmentrout4794]

Not an accident

[@plankman78]

Lara Logan Baltimore bridge

[@connorjames6307]

Any more news articles about this im missing information dunno what happened noones talking about it

[@johnnyjohnn281]

Black box recorder reveals captain saying: “Oh dear. We f@€(ed up!”

[@silver3149]

Questions: Why is the mayor not calling for the Dali owners to be fully responsible for all recovery expenses? Are cargo containers vessels required to carry insurance? Did the Dali cargo vessel have collision insurance? What about the owners of the Dali, are they not responsible for any and all damages incurred? footnote: The United States Congress has an obligation to hold hearings and put in place safe giards as precautions to assure such loose policies do not continue. Thank God Almighty that only six lives were lost. May their souls rest in peace. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@clemclemson9259]

Biden already said hell pay for everything..... what a looser

[@ronaldotto534]

Anyone know who or look up who Francis Scott Key is, who he owned, and what he did?

[@westernapache1700]

LOL. Seriously? Google is your friend...

[@ronaldotto534]

@@westernapache1700 ethnic studies!

[@ronaldotto534]

@@westernapache1700 I can’t find my hard copies of funk and wagnalls:)

[@ronaldotto534]

@@westernapache1700 mash’Allah

[@ronaldotto534]

@@westernapache1700 Mash'Allah

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

The comments section in the comments section here is quite disturbing and makes me worried for humanity. Especially all the drama queens going on about the data recorder. Nobody was saying they were struggling to find it. Nobody. They are simply saying it’s been removed and wasn’t lost or damaged after the collision. For goodness sake what is wrong with people.

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

lol just vladbots 😂they are fantastic to gaze upon each larger than the last one 🤓

[@christopherwhittaker2620]

@@JonDow-ow2fc 😂👌

[@DP-hy4vh]

Maryland is pronounced "Merrill-land" not "Marry-land."

[@ckazruddy6796]

Dirty Fuel? That's all these behemoths burn, used oil. Dirty fuel is a red herring

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

not if it sucked up water at bottom of the fuel tank 😮

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

oil floats on oil so water at bottom they have filters and never have a pick up in the bottom of fuel tanks usely 10% above bottom of tank but lack of maintenance or sudden influx of water would have been a possibility

[@user-yd6sj3pe4j]

This ship has few issues in the past. Deficiency for propulsion & auxiliary machinery concerning gauges thermometers etc Deficiency of structural condition If power failure no way to control helm

[@omi_god]

I'm guessing most ships on the water today have such issues.

[@Carlos-im3hn]

these real-time details and the root cause events should be established in the recorder data.

[@osmankhalifa9587]

If it has lost the power, 😢 how did it move the mountain .😢😢

[@colonelcider8292]

Do you know how momentum works?

[@NikhilPodlejski6]

Why people are blaming Indians? Indians we're not driving that.

[@lks6248]

I wonder what important things we are being distracted from while the media pumps us full of information about an American bridge ….😮

[@Krispy1011]

Is that ship even secured so it won't break free and cause more damage? Did the US implement immediate changes for bridge and port security concerning all incoming ships to the US? Whats the deal here or are we going to sit around and hear about Trump 24/7?

[@auro1986]

bbc, why not make cloud data recorder which is process of recording live data from ship to some data centre away from seas?

[@Jonnyicey]

I think a lot of ships do that

[@asumazilla]

It's not bbc's responsibility.

[@messystudios8505]

The BBC doesnt regulate international ship data😅😅

[@colonelcider8292]

Why are you asking a broadcasting service about installing nautical equipment? Also some do this but other older ships do not posses that equipement and there are no regulations forcing them to be installed. BTW ships that doe have data being sent to the cloud also possess a physical recorder on the ship... The physical recorder will have more information as a live update isn't truly live. It sends information a regular intevals because there isn't a fiber optic connection attached to a boat

[@auro1986]

@@colonelcider8292 see, fools like you ask why when I ask myself "why not?"

[@gareth449]

Just interview the captain of the ship

[@glitchingghost7560]

Yes interview him he was in charge of the ship

[@Jonnyicey]

What about the 2 pilots that had the conduct?

[@journeysalkebulan]

Do you actually think they won't or haven't 🤡 There is clear video of the ship losing power, lights going out at least twice! 🙄🤯

[@Happy_Buddah_Bonsai_UK]

Captain 👨🏼‍✈️ Albert Trotter ⛴️ has been released on Bail

[@sc29607]

But you know that in the case of such big ships the captain has no power over the ship but the pilot / pilots that have been on board right? Don’t know why people without any knowledge or common sense dare to open their mouth here. If you have no clue better shut up instead if judging about people that had no power over the situation.

[@daveharrison5850]

Fuel ??. Not sure I'd buy that ? They have filters don't they ?? Kinda funny it lost power when it did ..

[@Old_Sailor85]

Until the filters clog...

[@daveharrison5850]

Oh then What do they just magically unclog ?? Wow 😳

[@colonelcider8292]

Depends on how old the ship is... Also the ship lost power twice which does indicate an issue with the power source. Could be the fuel, could be faulty equipment

[@Old_Sailor85]

@@daveharrison5850 No, you change them... Don't engage in a conversation which you obviously know nothing about.

[@leifharmsen]

search and recovery, not rescue

[@jimh21]

I read "impact" as "improve", and was thinking "... this is a hot take"

[@bobby1970]

Oh, they're going to improve it alright. It's all a part of Bidenomics. This was no accident. It was done on purpose.

[@simompearson3623]

its going to take years to build.

[@firstheretik7546]

ppl referring to 9-11 in the comments shame on you

[@firstheretik7546]

@@LeonDegrelle.z i dont get it? whats the joke? was the ship hijacked by russians or something?

[@chuckabutty888]

And now all the conspiracy theories will start as per usual well before any enquiry is completed.

[@just_observing1]

Same bridge destroyed in Obamas Netflix movie Leave The World Behind. Coincidence? Hardly

[@glitchingghost7560]

Fr I literally said the same thing about the leave the world behind coincidence

[@Krispy1011]

Yep - they are going to rebuild the bridge and name it Freddy Gray Bridge - just like Obama wanted

[@gregorymerritt2528]

Interesting they always tell us things in movies

[@manoz6194]

@@gregorymerritt2528 yes, it's called predictive programming, 9/11, covid etc. The fictional media is created by the same people who create the "non-fictional" media.

[@amareshroy7732]

Data recorder of the ship will reveal the actual truth that dashed against the giant bridge.the ship authorities should be held responsible to compensate.

[@jasonjennings4349]

They will never recover those six people because they don't want you to know that they were illegal migrants with no right to work permits.

[@johnnylatham9738]

This wasnt an accident

[@LYVwithLYN]

Devote money so the families can live as they mourn

[@RiotinlondonW1]

I can smell vodka and kolbasa. Gotta be a connection....jus gotta be..... I mean we cannot jus cannot NOT blame them for this. Surely the B..B...C should be able to dig up some dirt on this and point us all in the right direction....eastwards.....

[@user-ms6ws7rl8u]

I love the first amendment Instead of letting Javad Zarif use it People of US use it