Captain explains what happened during Baltimore Key Bridge collapse

In the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, a container ship struck a support on Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the bridge to collapse into the river.

[@WUSA9news]

FULL STORY: www.wusa9.com/article/news/nation-world/cargo-ship-baltimore-bridge-collapse/507-84daf3b8-83d7-4365-9968-388679d1ab8f

[@BlazinRiver1]

screw your full story......you all are lame for resorting to "click bait". THUMBS DOWN

[@pelletslinger9869]

FAKE NEWS! Not the actual captain!

[@csharp7926]

CLICK BAIT.

[@humanipulationnation]

Clickbait

[@koffeekage]

“A captain” not “The Captain”

[@BillboardPenguin]

Unless Tennille is there.

[@kwamestanciel2513]

Crazy spin lol

[@larryjohnson6930]

He's really right about all he said...I was a tugboat man fr many years

[@curio78]

The captain was not in charge here, the pilot from the port authority was.

[@deucedeuce1572]

Was wondering this. I forgot the captains name, but I was having a really hard time finding it yesterday. Could only find one of his names, but not his whole name. Wasn't sure if it was his first or last name. They said he was a Ukraine citizen.

[@Philip-0]

A retired captain speculates what happened rather than _the captain_ of the ship as your title seems to suggest.

[@janetphillips2875]

I despise click bait

[@user-nc2wi1dk2v]

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[@Bubba-wx7lp]

No one could possibly think that the Captain or Pilot of this ship,was making a comment on crash.

[@garyhundt]

​@@Bubba-wx7lptitle of video does imply that

[@Philip-0]

@@Bubba-wx7lp ...And no one could possibly know how everybody else thinks.

[@scottprimrose6966]

BS title.

[@DemoBot-yq7dn]

As always. 90% of KZbin is clickbait.

[@deucedeuce1572]

It's not a lie and I don't think they did it intentionally.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

Sadly by this time nearly 12 hours later this is a recovery mission only. So sad to see this happen again. Shalom

[@user-on7iu3ie4i]

Shalom 🔵

[@countryshaner141]

More click bait

[@americansfirst1095]

It is a "news" channel. 😂

[@dexter_gd3478]

Nice click bait. Not the actual captain on the ship.

[@BlazinRiver1]

Only reason 90% of why people were here. THUMBS DOWN...and light up the pinned comment.

[@VaxxedStories]

True, but still way better than political talking heads saying nothing while standing at a podium.

[@mariskukurans594]

Captain from Ukraine.

[@Weaseltube]

LOL this is not clickbait, this is poor literacy from the public. No way the actual captain would speak publicly about the incident with anyone, let alone some random news outlet!

[@robbhahn8897]

Caption say 'Captain' not The captain. Or can't you tell the difference?

[@pelletslinger9869]

The ship lost power twice if you would show the entire video. Loss of power appears to have happened a few minutes before it struck.

[@Crazydad0304]

They also had an anchor down trying to slow the ship down

[@raulbuster3152]

@@Crazydad0304they also changed course like in a 180° in order to hit the bridge, the ship was already leaving the area and it went back to the bridge.

[@coleytoons]

That ship isn't even 10yrs old🤨. That doesn't seem to be that old in my opinion.

[@ethimself5064]

New by any standards

[@randymagnum143]

Pretty old for a Hyundai.

[@yellowdeer7163]

The one contractor working on the bridge who walked away will have some good answers. My thoughts and prayers to the contractors and those who lost their lives.

[@beboprocksteady5108]

Might be a dangerous game to play for that contractor. If it was suspicious he'll miraculously wind up dead.

[@Gundog55]

Did anyone notice that all of the workers were not English speaking men? I bet the asphalt company did what Tyson’s did. Higher illegals at a cheaper wage. This is what we call modern day slavery.

[@CinnamonIceCubes]

That wasn't cool they put "Captain Explains" cuz people are gonna assume it's "The Captain" that was on the boat. They also put his picture up with his name which is even worse. He's gonna get harassed. NO, it wasn't the Captain aboard. This whole situation is absolutely terrible. I pray they find some survivors. Praying for the families that lost their loved ones.

[@PS-pn9rd]

There were cars on that bridge that just dunked into the deep water and went. Must have been horrific for those poor souls.

[@frederickwise5238]

Why wasnt the ship steering toward the center of the channel? ie. THE < CENTER SPAN > OF THE BRIDGE - and widest space between support columns. (In earlier news this AM, it was stated that the ship lost power and was restarted twice.) The second restart was too late. During both power losses the ship drifted to port, because current flow out of the Patapsco River is going to push the ship that direction - AND they drifted - into that support!!!

[@GreenRiver72]

Why are any posts that imply this may have been intentional being removed by KZbin...?

[@glock30fotyfive]

The path of the ship appeared more parallel to the bridge until it suddenly went full throttle exhaust/smoke blast and rapidly steered directly into the bridge support. Was power on ship turned off intentionally? The plot of the path in the news does not match that of the video view from side opposite of impact.

[@realheartsofsisters8613]

When I woke up this morning and saw this, my heart was broken.This is so sad I cannot imagine

[@raydowdy6914]

New law must require tug boats to eccort ships into open seas.

[@jimmers123]

lol, never happen.

[@JPhilipCoombs]

Check out how far that is!

[@dennis2376]

@@jimmers123Sadly yes, because this is the third 🤔 ship to take out a bridge.

[@dancapps3374]

Logistics of that would be impossible..

[@jimmers123]

@@dennis2376 and how many years exactly?

[@joshuagonzalez3249]

Everything he is saying is pure speculation.

[@emikomina]

The ship suffered catastrophic failures and it was built by none other than Hyundai. No surprises, korean cars are garbage and so are their ships!!!!!!

[@1BigBen]

well captain John Konrad has USCG licensed Master of Unlimited Tonnage, Author of Fire on the Horizon: The Untold Story of the Gulf Oil Disaster. founder of gCaptain online magazine and web forum for ship captains is one of the largest such websites in the world. MSCPAC had a panel at Fleet Week 2023 "Speakers include experts in the field of maritime strategy and policy with experience in the maritime industry, studies, and sea control, including John Konrad, CEO of gCaptain; Capt. Joe Walsh, USN (Ret.), Collier Walsh Nakazawa LLP; Eugene Seroka, Port of Los Angeles; U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Andrew M. Sugimoto, commander, USCG Eleventh District; Capt. Jeffrey Flumignan, USN (Ret.), Director, Office of Maritime and Intermodal Outreach; Cmdr. Ward Wilson, USN (Ret.), Director, Boeing San Diego; and David Libatique, Deputy Executive Director of Stakeholder Engagement for Port of Los Angeles"

[@raulbuster3152]

@@1BigBenyeah but HE WAS NOT THERE..!! may the story change a little bit if the people get to know that the real captain on board was an ukrainian and this happened just days after the congress stop some help for the ukrainian war.

[@Irishandtired]

He doesn't know what he's talking about anyway.

[@derekpearson5040]

Tugboats gonna be required there now once they rebuild

[@kevinerbs2778]

I was just reading that many ships don't want to pay for them anymore because of the cost has risen so high & it impacts their prices of their goods too.

[@shondawashington3684]

Yup

[@MrDerbee]

Like a freight train ploughing through the gates of a level crossing; unstoppable.

[@jaysonedwards8157]

Why no anchor drop?

[@wretfsfvd]

anchor doesn't stop ship immediately

[@user-cg7uv3mh9f]

Subsea cables and other infrastructure . Though i do agree, drop anchors as last resort .

[@inkfan7238]

Do you seriously think the licensed pilot at the helm didn't drop anchor? Your nautical experience must be limited to renting a jet ski at a beach in Florida for 20 minutes one spring break.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

They did drop the anchor, well before they hit the bridge.

[@stargazer7644]

The did drop the port anchor. It was dragging.

[@jpiccirilli]

OLD SHIP???? The ship was put into service in 2015. Its not an old ship. What local drinking hole did you find this "captain"?

[@stargazer7644]

Yeah, it's clear this "captain" has never been in the Chesapeake Bay in his career.

[@user-py6or1iw5f]

I think huge reefer containers were loaded and those drawing tremendous amount of power. Hence, not sufficient amount of actual power available for ship's maneuvering. Crash astern means, bow cants to starboard. Ship was swing to starboard as soon as stern propulsion was maneuvered. It resulted bow to drift towards the pillar and out of center channel. Anchoring will not be effective for this size of the vessel at that speed. Neither, bow thrusters would be available due to lack of power. After all, bow thrusters are mostly ineffective above 4/5 knots. Remedial action could had been made to maintain steering with the help of emergency generator and cut off all deck power for huge reefer containers immediately. Restore power back for ship's maneuvering only with two minutes or so. Cool down! And think! Good luck to all . My prayers are with all casualties and losses.

[@shaunstevens4292]

For anyone reading this, crash astern means to reverse the propeller and therefore thrust in the reverse direction. It has nothing to do with starboard. It is an emergency stopping procedure. It is the only real brakes the ship has. In this case, if the ship was going off course, there was no steering it back on course (it's too big and slow) and it was moving too fast for bow thrusters to be effective in changing the ships course, thus the order to crash astern would make a ton of sense, slow the ship down and either use bow thrusters to change course or hopefully stop the ship before it hit the bridge.

[@sandraclick7812]

Thank God it was not during rush hour! Praying for victims.

[@abaddon36332]

“All Indian crew” - but at the time of the incident being captained by an American pilot expert on the local waters, leading them in to the harbour. Try again.

[@ramblerdave1339]

That's a toll bridge, and can be shut down at the toll booths, which apparently happened. Other reports say the ship notified authorities that they were out of control, very close to the bridge.

[@pavelow235]

toll is only one way. We don't even have "toolbooths" anymore, are you from the 20th century or something, you still using dial up internet?

[@thelastshallbefirst6531]

How soon did they notify. On the live cam even when the ship went dark there were cars driving in both directions and even just a few seconds before impact.

[@JacaboBlanco]

Police chief said they were able to recieve the may day call in time to shut down the bridge for traffic Those on the bridge were actually state workers doing work on the bridge.

[@ramblerdave1339]

​​​@@pavelow235 Yes, I'm from the 20th century, and haven't been over that bridge since about 2005. Memory not clear, but thought there was booth there, at least westbound. Thanks for the update. I had looked it up on my 2009 truckers road atlas, and it was listed as a toll bridge there, but I couldn't recall a booth eastbound. My phone is android, and my first computer was in 2014, so never had dialup, your concern is touching, but I'm OK.

[@brucewilliams2106]

this is an incomplete analysis. the AIS tracking data is available and shows clearly what happened. She lost power, dropped a port bow anchor, and threw it in reverse, and the stern walked to port and the bow swung starboard. The anchor did not work

[@nicolesanders8002]

That bridge looks like it was paper thin!!! All of these bridges are so damn old

[@deniseeldridge3575]

Almost 50 yrs old. Opened in 1977 and 5 yrs to bld.

[@Deborahtunes]

Don't let looks deceive you. I rode over that bridge many times, it was sturdy. But you have a ship which weighs tons, hit a support beam, it's going to knock the bridge down...

[@GreenRiver72]

Bridge was in good shape. So were the twin towers..

[@stargazer7644]

That would be because expensive infrastructure is designed to last.

[@stargazer7644]

@@DeborahtunesOver a hundred thousand tons.

[@tomtransport]

Completely preventable if tugs were mandated to stay with ship till past this very important bridge. Two tugs guided it from loading dock to channel then left the ship on it's own. This was a tragedy waiting to happen.

[@krishnamurthykumar972]

I am a retired mariner served around 38 years in merchant navy. As this Captain says generators were failed just at the critical time. Emergency generators comes with in a minute but may not full ship 's electrical load. Even though there is a black out the main engine may be running till it is stopped. Also it may take a few minutes even the emergency stop switch activated. Many shipping companies, don't want to hire tugs for longer duration to save money. The port state control should insists that a pilot and tugs services to be used for longer duration depending on the port conditions.

[@brucewilliams2106]

it's all about the money

[@tomtransport]

@@brucewilliams2106 Correct!, The tugs are paid by the time they spend at each ship. The ships save money by letting the tugs go ASAP. This will probably change now that it's too late.

[@brucewilliams2106]

I worked at the Port of LA for 15 yrs in port planning @@tomtransport

[@johngore9016]

not even tugs could have stopped her if it were on purpose.

[@mikestrunk3282]

8 Knots is way too fast approaching a bridge! I do not believe they were going eight knots. When they went full astern, the propeller pulled the ship to the starboard side of the channel and directly into the pier.

[@brucewilliams2106]

AIS data clearly shows over 8.5 knots before they threw it all astern full

[@stargazer7644]

You don't believe the easily available AIS tracking data? The ship was doing 8 knots in the channel. It had slowed to 7 knots when it hit the bridge.

[@TheRockefellas]

The Captain of that ship is not leaving that ship until everyone is found and evacuated from the sea and ship.

[@deannalassiter2088]

Idk...the scene is rather strange to me. No tug boats required. Feels like an assault and another tug at America. Sorry about all the families affected by this catastrophe.

[@muraalia]

If it was an attack it would've happened at rush hour.

[@GreenRiver72]

China strikes again, clearly. ...Now there will be a toll booth scanning every driver's biometric ID, etc., etc. All because people can't live within their means and we needed China to buy our debt.

[@Nitrous-ej5zy]

Not necessarily. The objective is to cripple commerce and plug up an important part of our infrastructure. Are there any shipments bound for Ukraine? Israel? Last year it was the l.a. freeway and before that the i95 corridor in philly. These all started after the Ukraine war. These are all important arteries.....just thinkin.....

[@TheRockefellas]

Tell us about the short bus experience!

[@JamesO1229]

​@muraalia no need to happen in rush hour. They would rather this affect people living their lives, supply chain, food, cars, toilet rolls etc etc....the beginning of the fall of America

[@johncase1353]

Real question is when will the bridge be open again soon? I hate taking the tunnels.

[@Deborahtunes]

Since Maryland is so slow to rebuild anything, you might be looking at years...

[@hallmobility]

Well. that bridge took 5 years to erect. Probably they will do a new design first. My silly guesstimate is 6 to 7 years.

[@jimmers123]

@@hallmobility best case scenario is probably seven years

[@gremlin5813]

It's going to take 7-10 years to rebuild this bridge.

[@JDubbs07]

​@@hallmobilitythe full project took 5 years, which also included the 10+ miles out roadway in the project. If just replacing the parts that collapsed, they can have this replaced in 3-4 years.

[@suzanne9150]

The video I saw shows when the entire ship went dark. You can see all the black smoke coming from the rear.

[@nathanwashington2375]

Poor infrastructure

[@GreenRiver72]

I disagree, the FSK wasnt new but it was solid.

[@ranjitlewis136]

It was Electrical power black out occured just before the accident. Even if ship crew tried hard crash astern movement. It is very difficult to stop its forward movement due to the ship's huge mass and river water current/wind force.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

😮 OMG! How unfortunate to lose power in this crucial moment trying to navigate a tight clearance under the Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge! 🙏

[@palehorse6250]

So it lost power after hitting the bridge? Or before? Not too clear here.

[@Bonjour-World]

At this point they have no idea how many (if any) vehicles went into the water.

[@Gwalchgwyn]

Living in a society already comfortable with being on HD CCTV 24/7, I find it distressing that nobody knows how many are missing. If this happened in the UK, they'd have a report on how many cars, how many passengers, what speed they were doing, whether they have a television licence or are on a terrorism watchlist, and face recognition data for the driver and front passenger at a minimum... o.o

[@jmar8507]

They said on another report that there were vehicles in the water, including a cement truck. Not sure how accurate that was.

[@dancapps3374]

Other news story said 6 vehicles went into the water , one critical injury sent to hospital, one denied treatment and walked away.

[@JacaboBlanco]

​@@jmar8507the 6 missing people and the 2 who were pulled out were all construction workers working on the bridge. So makes sense that the vehicles were construction related as well

[@stargazer7644]

They were pretty sure they knew how many cars were on the bridge within 60 minutes of the collapse. The fire dept checked the security camera footage and announced there were 3 or 4 vehicles parked on the bridge that belonged to the construction crew. That's it. Police blocked both ends of the bridge 2 minutes before the ship hit. Nobody else was on the bridge.

[@gbsailing9436]

As has been commented on elsewhere, it can been seen that the ship has 2 power outages. Following the first one smoke for the funnel can be seen. IF this is indicating that the ship was put into FULL reverse (which seems probable) then on a 'single screw' ship this will have an actual physical effect - namely that the ships stern will kick out to port, regardless of speed. This will effectively steer the ship's nose to starboard and towards the pillion, as depicted by the videos. Ships captains would be trained to anticipate this. So one has to wonder just what was going on on the bridge between the pilot and the captain.

[@watchit6298]

Was there any mayday calls from the cargo ship ? What was the huge yellow light on ship 4 seconds before bridge starts to collapse? I’ve driven that bridge many years both car and Semi . Steel Trusses on that bridge. That was one strong bridge! Steel truss bridge just folded like a cheap card table just seems like the cargo ship with anchor dropped and capt would have slowed down trying to to stop turn ship ?

[@stargazer7644]

Yes, there were multiple radio calls from the ship. Those calls allowed time for the bridge to be blocked by police at both ends to get traffic off but there was not time to get the construction crew off. They dropped anchor and put it in full reverse but couldn't stop in time. The ship had multiple power failures preventing them from controlling the ship.

[@YOUNGLION-THE-ORACLE]

Wow this is sad and tragic..., we use tug boats to guide vessels up the river at the Georgia ports..., all the way up the river..

[@karlabragun]

A Captain explains what happened during Baltimore Key Bridge collapse. Fixed it for you all

[@PK_Diaspora]

He is not the captain of the ship that hit the bridge, he is a former captain of a ship.

[@mattdugas]

Is it hard to tell the wind speed and direction with a mirrored surface?

[@MrKingArthurhk]

Build back better.

[@willkerslake8820]

What a mental question, "Why wasn't the bridge shut down?" I know they're ships, but that whole scene unfolded pretty quickly.

[@garrettswoodworx1873]

Ironically enough my understanding is that the ship radioed a Mayday and workers were in fact able to stop traffic on the bridge before the collision. The missing people appear to all be State Highway Department workers who were actually working on the bridge.

[@kevinerbs2778]

@@garrettswoodworx1873 Pothole repairman too.

[@garrettswoodworx1873]

@@kevinerbs2778 One and the same. Initially identified as MDOT workers, may have been private contract workers.

[@audrearay3522]

Ok I have a question.... So hitting the bridge stopped that ship but the pilot couldn't stop it or redirect it?? Suspicious!!

[@larryroberts4984]

Pushed by wind. That water look like glass.

[@skydancerforever]

Look at all the protection barriers around the electrical towers but none for the Bridge supports??? Go look at bridges in South Korea and other area's. They have massive barriers all around there supports. Why doesn't this bridge have them???

[@stargazer7644]

Barriers are not going to stop a 161,000 ton ship doing 8 knots. That ship weighs twice as much as the entire bridge.

[@saggitarusspirit401]

They even have help backing planes out, why not tug boats for such a big ship? All preventable. Human error

[@raulbuster3152]

or the captain is Ukrainian just days after congress stopped some Ukrainian aid,. Coincidence? or just the typical cover up and population brainwashing by the media and the government.?

[@stargazer7644]

They have tug boats to get the ship in the channel and underway. Once the ship is in the channel, it can navigate on its own. That channel is 160 miles long. You want multiple tugboats riding with every ship the whole way to and from the ocean?

[@MartinBrenner]

What is this blackout test the captain was speaking of?

[@castlerock58]

He's not addressing the main issue. It is being reported that the power failure took out the steering. A captain could either confirm that as a possible or rule it out. He just talks around that and leaves us none the wiser. He seems to imply that somebody screwed up and the power failure could have been caused by them trying to recover from that mistake. Earlier coverage seems to assume that the ship was just going along when the power went out and jammed the steering.

[@shaunstevens4292]

If the screw isn't turning, the steering is out. The rudder is dependent on the screw. Not sure why this is even a question.

[@greyscout01]

Why does EVERY channel cut out the few seconds from the front view that shows a hard right turn into the pillar. Why hide that?

[@jmiller29]

That annoys me too. They don't show the whole collapse, either.

[@greyscout01]

@@jmiller29 Because if you see the whole thing from the front view, the turn is sudden, abrupt, and seems to line up on the pillar... for whatever reason, it just doesn't look right.

[@Jar736]

Where's the captain?

[@raulbuster3152]

in jail... what nobody is telling you is that the captain is an Ukrainian and this happened just after the congress stopped some help for the Ukrainian war..coincidence? so they will not tell the captain is ukrainian because the democrats still need the ukrainian war as a Flag.

[@stargazer7644]

Where every captain should be, on his ship.

[@Rexy624]

The last recorder speed was only 6.8 kts and the maximum speed was 8.7kts after departing the port.

[@bavskywalker4216]

Did he just say ‘The wind pushed it’ ?

[@markrahman1381]

Impossible for the Pilot not to know of this bridge and safe clearing height

[@stargazer7644]

The ship didn't hit the bridge because it was too high. The ship lost power and ran into and destroyed the pier holding the bridge up. It ought to be impossible for you not to know this, but here we are.

[@markrahman1381]

@@stargazer7644 that makes sense then .

[@johngallacher8847]

Can any ship go through the parts of the bridge that are still standing?

[@NaturalBornKelli]

Great question! Any decent leader, one would like to imagine, would devote themselves to a fast recovery effort in order to get ships through somehow. Whether that's going beneath a part of the standing bridge, ensuring or making it is safe, or quickly clearing away the debris in a specific area(s) to allow boat traffic to go in and out, it is critical to our entire nation's economy and health to ensure cargo ships access to the Baltimore area port.

[@NaturalBornKelli]

Great question! Any decent leader, one would like to imagine, would devote themselves to a fast recovery effort in order to get ships through somehow. Whether that's going beneath a part of the standing bridge, ensuring or making it is safe, or quickly clearing away the debris in a specific area(s) to allow boat traffic to go in and out, it is critical to our entire nation's economy and health to ensure cargo ships access to the Baltimore area port.

[@stargazer7644]

No, ships can only transit the channel, and the bridge is laying across the channel.

[@irinamishra1668]

А где Вы нашли про капитана? Есть информация что из Индии

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

I know its the same thing in August 1, 2007, I -35W bridge collapse were 145 injured and 13 Killed. Im thinking gassit place snap 🫰 and I was on the bridge in August 1, 2007. Car went over the water 🌊💦 and I some how got out the water. Walking up the bridge and found a sidewalk and laying down on the ground. And offduty airport cop said i and Paula were the two worse injured badly that he took care of us.

[@janetphillips2875]

Ohhh, I cannot image what you went through!!! It's a blessing that you recovered and you're able to speak about it now! ❤ God Bless You, dear heart!

[@pavelow235]

crappy underengineered bridge is what caused the I-35W bridge collapse. They have nothing in common except they were both bridges...

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

@@janetphillips2875 Did you see on the news channels on it and see a MPLS cop carrying a injured woman to the paramedic and played on the guarny that's was me Lynn Deatherage and I somewhat healed up but my spine has four ninunion fractures in my lower back. Mild head 🗣️ injury 🤕🩸 and gashies and bruises big time. Bruised chest wall that's now healed. But my back hurts so much I have to be on one pain medicine 💊 and muscle relaxer for myself to live with the pain.

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

@@pavelow235 very true story boat light went out then to drive due to no light is very foolishness to do Capitan of the boat. My concerns is drivers in cars. Employee on the bridge.

[@user-jp4tl9zd8n]

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[@paulfredrickson2181]

The first person the captain called was his lawyer.

[@cantan111]

“CLICKBAIT” NOT CAPTAIN OF SHIP... Weird.. so did he sped up to hit the bridge & then the lights turn out after impact you mean.

[@kencannuck]

I believe they mean the shock on engine after control was turned to full astern caused it to stall. Report is this full astern command was enacted again with same result.

[@sptraxide]

He didn't mention that the ship lost power three times before hitting the pier.

[@Frankthetank-zr5mc]

Tugs escorting past the bridge will be the norm now. It makes so much sense now, but the cost/benefit before didn’t mandate it. Another case of saving a dime costing millions. RIP

[@stargazer7644]

And what do you do about the other bridges farther down the channel? How about maybe we just fix the cause of the once in 50 year freak event on this one boat?

[@stargazer7644]

This ship was only 9 years old. This is easily available information.

[@VaxxedStories]

At the end the ship was stopped and just floating so the city highway workers probably didn't think they were about to go down.

[@stargazer7644]

The ship stopped when the bridge fell on it.

[@mariemorrissey9378]

Thank you for your reporting

[@mdharmaraj1631]

its like how an airplane tries to climb over a mountain suddenly" looses power" and when the power comes back the plane crashes into the mountain .. sabotage anyone ?

[@user-on7iu3ie4i]

🥺 Do not text and steer 🚫

[@shaunpierce4174]

I just heard this is the same ship that collided with a pier at Antwerp port in 2016. Coincidence?

[@neel-uronchondi9339]

Damn! Before I click the video i thought the actual captain!!

[@zoner__]

Is the horn operable if they lose power?

[@stargazer7644]

If you lose power nothing is operable.

[@stargazer7644]

The vehicles that were on the bridge belonged to the construction workers and were parked. The bridge was shut down. The cops blocked traffic just before the ship hit. There were no other cars on the bridge.

[@masontrotter6272]

If you look at the points where the bridge disconnects it straight up looks like planted charges exploding…

[@jmiller29]

What does the actual captain say?

[@naughtysmurf64]

The ship loses power like twice before hitting the bridge.

[@thelastshallbefirst6531]

That us just one live cam angle. Interesting to see other live cam of the ship leaving port to ascertain exact start of malfunction. All the crew survived, and probably the reason why the FBI ruled out terrorist early after several hours of interrogation.

[@4Score747]

Best footage! Thank you.

[@wolfhors3_660]

So this happened in 5 minutes at 9 Miles an hour? So no one knew there was a problem til the ship was only about 1200 yards from the bridge? And the ship is over 300 yards long? They're not telling us something, I think.

[@jonp799]

The Ship Captain is a Ukrainian National named Sergei

[@wolfhors3_660]

@@jonp799 please tell me you're joking

[@GayleAllen-RINO]

Early this morning, i could see the oil spill trail behind the boat. IT HAD ENGINE FAILURE. I COULD SEE THE TRAIL OF OIL.

[@embramorgan6720]

a lot of boats leave those.

[@emikomina]

The ship suffered catastrophic failures and it was built by none other than Hyundai. No surprises, korean cars are garbage and so are their ships!!!!!!

[@GreenRiver72]

No, not a lot.

[@embramorgan6720]

@@GreenRiver72 I mean I lived near Galveston and we saw that often enough. Especially behind tankers or cargo ships.

[@GreenRiver72]

No, I know. But I wouldnt expect a Cargo Ship (having to pass a once-over for MD regulations before picking up the pilot at Hampton Roads) to be dropping much. Guess we'll see what the investigation says. ...How are things down in TX nowadays?

[@ReeceJay-hq3uy]

That poor ship. That ship wasn’t even 10 years old. Oh well thank god it didn’t sink or anything though.

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

smoke was seen coming out of the port[right) stack, possibly indicating assymetrical power, which could indicate only that side was reversing and a factor of veering to the right.

[@KOZMOuvBORG]

6:27 a MayDay was radio'd which stopped more traffic from falling into the bay.

[@DonaldAnglin-vu1nn]

here's a question for you where the hell is GPS systematic on vacation during that

[@moonwork4378]

You can see cars going in the river; 😢horrible. It will be interesting to hear what investigators have to say about the cause of 🚢ship’s power out and black smoke; looked like ship was moving pretty fast leaving harbor. That black smoke looked like some sort of explosion. Bet it was intentional terrorism but hope it wasn’t.

[@areuaware6842]

Now that is how you take out a bridge!

[@AfricanBushmechanic]

Why wasn't there a tag boat on this narrow channel

[@nimrodpaul6875]

That captain wont be allowed to speak

[@mikedx2706]

The "G Captain" is simply grossly speculating about the cause of this shipwreck. He is just a merchant mariner turned journalist, with no knowledge of what was actually happening on the bridge of that container ship.

[@1BigBen]

he has a USCG licensed Master of Unlimited Tonnage,

[@watchit6298]

Time to make sure Cargo Captains can speak and understand English language and update these ships from different parts of the globe!

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

This dude doesn't sound like he's ever been on a ship.

[@embramorgan6720]

right? He sounds like he's just put together model ships in his basement his whole life lol

[@pavelow235]

I don't know what that means. You are like a Biden Voter who thinks Biden drove trucks for a living because back in the day he could talk smoothly and coherently.

[@1BigBen]

well captain John Konrad has a USCG licensed Master of Unlimited Tonnage

[@embramorgan6720]

@@1BigBen we know. But his voice definitely doesn't match the pic

[@_Why_123]

🤔hmmm... There should be a "pilot" onboard, who is in control of the ship, so this can't happen. ... In the first report of this event, they were saying that there were indeed TWO pilots on board! ... This detail is no longer being reported, it seems? 😮

[@thelastshallbefirst6531]

I don't get the ship was backing up. That ship was on a direct course just as the ship which came in prior as shown on the live cam which did not have a tugboat either. The Dali was preparing to leave the US shores.

[@robertawalsh2995]

It wouldn't make much difference if there were a dozen pilots if the ship lost power and steering.

[@stargazer7644]

@@thelastshallbefirst6531The ship was in full reverse trying to stop. It was still moving forward. Being in full reverse doesn't necessarilly mean you're actually backing up. That's how ships stop. They don't have brakes.

[@curio78]

When they say there was pilots onboard it means the port authority was in charge and in control of the ship.

[@stargazer7644]

No, it means there were two harbor pilots advising the captain of the vessel.

[@CarolStJohn-ev9ry]

That bridge folded like a cheap suit. What a horrible way to die.

[@theandroids]

Where is the actual captain. Need a full background check on that guy.

[@skvUSA]

How come in the US, the country of 1000000 regulations, we ended up with the major bridge that cannot handle collision with a regular maritime traffic? The WTC was built to withstand collision with the B-707 the biggest airliner of that time, before 9/11 it sounded like and overkill, but at the end it saved 1000's life. I think, the 100ft long concrete deflector would sufficient to steer ship away from column and/or absorb the hit.

[@stargazer7644]

There is no bridge on the planet that will survive an at speed collision with a 162,000 ton cargo ship. The ship weighs twice what the entire bridge weighs.

[@skvUSA]

@@stargazer7644 That is correct, so people put concrete deflectors to prevent ship from hitting pillars.

[@stargazer7644]

@@skvUSAYou think a bit of concrete is going to stop that ship? It cut through four 30 foot thick reinforced concrete piers holding up that bridge like they were nothing.

[@skvUSA]

@@stargazer7644 You can check about bridge concrete dolphins and fenders. There is an ongoing discussion if such structures would prevent disaster. Most engineers think it would.... BTW Key Bridge has dolphins, they just badly located , so ship made around them. 500x100 ft concrete fender around piers would absolutely prevent collision, so it is all about cost/risk.

[@user-do2hp6pw9w]

Not a dent on ship look at bridge wow

[@thelastshallbefirst6531]

Actually it almost cut off the entire bow. Review from all angles.

[@user-do2hp6pw9w]

It's amazing human can look same thing see something different I assume just to disagree

[@user-do2hp6pw9w]

I guess I see it now a little mybad

[@stargazer7644]

Not a dent? Half of the starboard bow is missing on that ship!

[@timwalter6795]

Why is it that tugs weren't required to clear the bridge?

[@stargazer7644]

Because ships don't need tugs to navigate the channel.

[@keithstevens5614]

Dali's captain said: after 2 days of constant blackouts on the ship the head office told me to sail back to Asia because mechanics cheap there, but we didn't make it far.

[@MrNikos7599]

Where is this information from?

[@keithstevens5614]

@@MrNikos7599 Definitely not from the American media where the consensus is to focus on the "faulty" bridge and the heroic Indian crew that placed the mayday call even though the American pilot placed it, while ignoring the operator. Try Skynews.

[@jimbobeire]

@@keithstevens5614 Why don't you say where _you_ got the 'info' instead of saying 'try Sky News'. Embarrassed to admit you just repeated an unconfirmed rumour?

[@keithstevens5614]

@@jimbobeire Ok, just one last reply because no point talking to a wall here. This rumour came from dock workers who provided eye witness accounts.

[@jimbobeire]

@@keithstevens5614 It's plausible, but it's still a rumour at this point. I have no problem with that, just so long as you say that up front. Important to distinguish rumour from established fact.

[@zm35r2bn]

The bow was pushed by the wind how dumb do you think we are

[@liahfox5840]

Not showing "who" the captain is. We can all guess why 😆