New details on what caused Baltimore bridge collapse, focus of probe and more

What caused the Dali to slam into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge? Here's what we know about what led up to the collapse.
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[@naterobinson5141]

Bravo! 👏🏽 to the first responders and the quick decision to call mayday.

[@mohammadiqbalkhan2888]

Sure , first responder have been remarkable during this calamity! Kudos to them!

[@Aoeror98]

Really? You think that's impressive? You think no one else would think to call first responders quickly?

[@naterobinson5141]

@@Aoeror98 If you do not wish to provide any type of positivity go start your own thread.

[@cwg73160]

⁠@@naterobinson5141Don’t bother commenting if you can’t be tolerant of other people’s choices. Stop being angry.

[@dcrasta]

So sad all the way around : I’m glad those merchant sailors made that mayday call . No one starts their day wanting to be involved in such a tragic incident. Prayers to the families and community.

[@virgilioangtimonel7625]

You mean harbor pilots they’re from Baltimore pilots who guide them in and out on a certain buoy until it’s is safe for the ship to start on their own voyage it’s the pilot who called not the sailors onboard these American pilots are heroes

[@carastone3473]

@@virgilioangtimonel7625 - how do you know who made the call? And what does it matter? What matters is that the call was made, saving some lives that would've otherwise been lost.

[@virgilioangtimonel7625]

@@carastone3473I know im retired sailor myself those pilots saved lives they know the protocol on emergency situations not just navigating frequency channel is 16 on communication maam

[@permablitzbellingen]

It was pilots and just doing their jobs

[@iammanhearmeroar1106]

Hard to believe they shut down lanes within 3 min. Good thing it was 1am vs 1pm.

[@RyanJinxedCoffee]

Theres a weigh station at the foot of the bridge thats why. Theres always a police presence.

[@Pitt-ny8cj]

​@@RyanJinxedCoffeeand the headquarters for the Maryland MTA

[@RetiredEMT96]

Does this bridge have traffic light control? I’ve only crossed it once many years ago so I don’t remember. The Delaware river bridge on 95 has traffic lights across all lanes so if that was the case with the Baltimore bridge they could have just turned all the lights red. This is a tragedy, my prayers go out to the bridge worker’s family’s and the city.

[@MetalMcfly]

@@RetiredEMT96 No. There were no traffic lights for this bridge

[@Ghostshadows306]

Agree

[@mimirows]

Nobody is talking about the fact that there was no emergency communication equipment available to the workers on the bridge. They were out there on their own without any thought to their safety.

[@jane1385]

Right!? You would think they would’ve had something to warn them like a walkie talkie, even a phone sos for them or something. Such a preventable tragedy if they had more emergency safety warnings in place for them. 😢

[@ssjgogetadbzgt]

Like somehow the police weren't able to contact the crew that they needed off the bridge. Why?

[@SorbusAucubaria]

​@@ssjgogetadbzgtperhaps the police did not have a number to call and thus were seeking a niumber to call. Sometimes a little thing like contact numbers can make avdifference when you are minutes from disaster. This should be changed on any construction site like this. And the workers might have been working with something noisy that they didn't hear the attempts to warn.

[@chilkat_river]

The ship did call an emergency. That gave local security on shore time to clear the bridge of traffic. The emergency communication equipment worked Very well.

[@mbiggey1982]

Not enough time to travel to the middle of the bridge and warn them and get off i'd imagine. No way to call them or anything. they were all alone. Should have red emergency strobe lights on bridge that mean get off bridge now. Im sure stuff will change because of this horrible accident like most tragedies @@ssjgogetadbzgt

[@mohammadiqbalkhan2888]

Lesson: Big ships crossing under a Bridge must be assisted by TUGS, similar to passing through a Canal.

[@williamboyle8918]

Will never ever happen, much better options.

[@thepowersofone2570]

USNAVY SHIPS UTILIZES HSRBOR TUGS WHEN TRANSITTING THE RIVER CHANNEL OR HARBOR WHENEVER THEY WILL ENCOUNTER BRIGES !

[@coastofkonkan]

Harbours & closer to any structure.

[@thomasriley4963]

Amen I've been saying that since it happened these f****** people try to save money and didn't have no tugboats out there this wouldn't have happened had they been doing their f****** job but of course people Jack probably wanted to save money on tugboats if it's anybody's fault it's the people who run the harbor

[@TheChiefEng]

At 8.5 knots, the tugs cannot hold a ship this size. In the Suez canal tugs follow the ships but they are more there to be ready to pull ships off if they beach in the canal. The energy of a ship that size at 8.5 knots is simply not possible for tugs to hold.

[@harlemscorpio]

What's upsetting is that the 6 workers weren't also told to evacuate the bridge as the traffic was being stopped on both sides.. smfh!

[@christinab3019]

I was thinking the same thing

[@GregoriusAM]

Please, please stop the mindless background music in these videos. It may seem to be low in volume, but it makes it very difficult for many of us to concentrate on the voices and what they are saying. Thank you for considering this. I can provide more background on this if needed.

[@Jim-tn3vq]

You are spot on so much music in the background of heaps of stuff, I just switch over to something else. Hope they all take notice.

[@h84gabor6]

yeah its news, not an action movie

[@ml.2770]

Whole hearted agreement.

[@macforme]

I have RARELY seen a YT video that was actually improved with the background music. It is a distraction... like a mosquito circling near your ear.

[@user-iv8ht1ge5x]

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[@JJones-hj7bv]

My condolences to the families and friends of the hard workers keeping our roads safe, they only had seconds to respond........😢😢

[@abcdefg54321x]

Great job of the Captain for alerting authorities so quickly 👏🏻

[@allstarthrifter9355]

Watching that big rig and those 2 cars cross just shortly before the collapse is crazy af

[@angelabowden4647]

I noticed those cars

[@sandksquadhall6608]

Luckiest or should I say blessed 3 people in Baltimore

[@sharonpowers4771]

Blessed.

[@michellemargagliotti8035]

I hope the investigation includes why the workmen weren’t pulled off the bridge and what in the future can be done for better communication!

[@GardenGuy1943]

They were working, they can’t just take a break whenever. I think their bosses should be fired. Best, Dean

[@traci635]

I would think there wasn't time. It happened pretty quickly and these men were on foot....so very tragic

[@julienielsen4462]

They probably didn't dn't understand English. So didn't understand what was happening.

[@kellis6241]

There wasn't enough time. I believe once the ship was reaching a higher speed, that's when it began it's malfunctions. Honestly that's when they should have sent out a warning but they probably didn't think they were going to hit the bridge at that point. It wasn't until they were closer when they realized what was actually going to happen. Plus I'd imagine since most of the men were from foreign countries, their main language probably wasn't English. Everyone did the best they could in the split seconds they had. I'm just glad this didn't happen during morning & evening rush hours because the loss would have been even greater.

[@michellemargagliotti8035]

@@kellis6241 Traffic was stopped on the bridge as soon as the ship stated they were having trouble. Somebody from city transportation surly knew workmen were on the bridge. There should have been a way to contact the crew in emergencies

[@brianvittachi6869]

I used to work on Singapore registered ships as a young man. Sailed once into Baltimore for repairs at a yard in Steeltown. Met some nice people there and watched Molly Hatchet in concert. My deepest sympathies for your loss.

[@billbarnett2417]

Big question, why does Joe Biden fill that the tax payers need to replace the bridge and not the owner of the ship that hit it??? Prayers to all that were involved.

[@user-eh4kv6vl8n]

Go to redacted news there were three explosions on the top of the bridge

[@Scarywoody]

@@user-eh4kv6vl8n Saw it, Black Swan event. Could have been transformers for the bridge lighting. The swerve of the ship is curious. Biden riding a train across a trackless bridge is also curious.

[@BudoReflex]

I appreciate the detailed coverage here. Well done. I am impressed that such coverage has reached us on YT so quickly and with so much detail. It’s tragic that lives were lost, beyond words really. It’s very impressive that lives were also saved through the actions of the crew, pilots, and those who stopped traffic. Nothing can bring back the dead. It’s an extremely good thing that the number isn’t higher. Yet like all tragedies, it’s beyond terrible that it was even a single life, let alone 6. (Or whatever the final tally is). It should not go without mentioning that safety is all of our responsibility. Every time a corner is cut, or we ask others to cut them, lives are risked. How many people stop to consider what the market forces they project cause in the wider world. What support we provide for those whose greed has matched our own ignorance of what corners are cut to provide us with what we want.

[@richoneplanet7561]

Man this is still really hard to watch at times. 😢

[@Coral-reef.]

Its your fault literally. Because of you we have leadership in this country who are literally destroying us.

[@asvegas777]

wdym still? it happened less than a day ago.

[@grandinosour]

That voice of the blonde NTSB spokes woman is downright annoying.

[@jimmyzoom1143]

Id stop watching TV n stuff, life'sa bit too brutal for u

[@jeff7764]

@@grandinosouryou’re downright annoying

[@sophialeahmaria]

No ship of that size - should be allowed anywhere near vulnerable structures like bridges without - tug boats. Where I live no large shipping vessels are allowed under the Humber Bridge all large vessels must anchor or bay way before ever getting near bridges. The whole port/s and infrastructure are kept away from bridges. No port or bay should be located under a passing point of a passenger bridge- all ports needing to hold large shipping lanes be made away from bridges

[@sohan_89]

No

[@vincenzonapoles4371]

What are you talking about. 1000s of ship pass under bridges every day without incident. What do you think the purpose of a bridge is. Transportation passes over and under. That's the purpose

[@grandinosour]

There is also a reason the United States left English control in the 1700's.... If you search the web, you can also find some really dumb governmental moves done in the U.K.

[@sophialeahmaria]

@@vincenzonapoles4371 well only got to see the evidence for yourselves. I know exactly what I’m talking about. We all have our opinions including you. The new bridge if it get remade should not allow giant ocean liners in its small shipping channel- especially larger vessels of that extremity- not talking about yachts and medium sized boats

[@Papicholo1]

Tell that to the port authority, they let them pass that bridge on a daily basis. American commerce at work.

[@94SexyStang]

That bridge SHOULD have had crash pylons, especially with ships doing over 8 knots threw that channel, period!!!!! That's literally Asking for an accident.....it's absolute stupidity and insanity.

[@vicm6561]

Incompetence ! Learned nothing from Tampa Bay collapse !

[@ChristopherHolland-fv8ls]

This should not have happened tug boats should be used until the ship is safely out at sea or past any any infrastructure such as docks or bridges crossing waterways. Why wasn't the ship in mid channel well and truly before it got to the Bridge area.

[@Snoborder95]

To answer the title of the video, I think it was the ship that caused the collapse

[@davidwee130]

It was

[@TheoryAug]

Ummm ..duh. You're some kind of special

[@letthedogsout1]

@@TheoryAugwhoosh

[@laternevercame]

@@TheoryAug Ironically you're the special one here.

[@SuaveHousexx]

​@@letthedogsout1 💯

[@wvangus82]

This one will probably make it to the mayday shows after the ntsb finishes their investigation. RIP to the workers so many of us are praying for the families

[@GardenGuy1943]

The bridge collapsed instantly, I really question the engineering of it. The architect or engineers should be sued

[@VanNguyen-rs5dm]

Key Bridge collapse To build a bridge with a structure to withstand a collision with a giant container ship is prohibitively expensive if not impossible, but to build the barriers around the piles to act as the deflective shields is very affordable and effective. Redundant security: for the exposed ports where buildings are too close to the shores, arrestor gears like those of the carriers can be placed to catch the anchors of the runaway ships in cases of emergency.

[@markstevens1729]

Really the only question is why it lost power initially. Everything else can be explained. Someone gave an astern command upon emergency power, the bow heads to starboard. Port anchor is ordered dropped, it dragged but did not offer much resistance. What happened to the original power source?

[@SorbusAucubaria]

One theory i heard was contaninated fuel.

[@markstevens1729]

@@SorbusAucubaria these engines typically run on bunker oil. Almost crude oil. It will interesting to see what could contaminate that..

[@eljanrimsa5843]

@@markstevens1729 they use different fuel in and near the port. the most advanced contamination theory is that this fuel contains plastics particles because that's the cheapest and legally allowed way for raffineries to dispose plastics, and the sulphur content used to dissolve the plastics, but since a couple of yeas ago they have to cut out the sulphur in the near-port-fuel, and now ships get more engine failures due to the plastics

[@mini_steve]

Australia flagged this company over 18 months ago, banned several of their ships to enter our waters and now subject to very thorough inspections every time that particular company's ship's enter our waters.

[@MyFlamingoe]

My uncle is a ship captain of similar ships and he told me a story once that he hated this one fuel company because one time, their ships were accidentally loaded with contaminated fuel then he proceeded to tell me that engine parts of such ships are gigantic. From this story I assumed that fuel contamination is rare but not very rare. It's unfortunate but it the timing from this accident was just terrible.

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

They've been talking about installing buffer barriers ("Dolphins") on those two channel side piers for a couple decades now. Everyone knew this was a matter of when, not if... PS - The fuel companies have been disposing of their refinery waste--plastics and waxes that are byproducts--by putting it in the high sulfur, "Bunker fuel" that these ships run on (think the thickest, nastiest diesel fuel there is). It's been gumming up engines and causing these loss of power events for quite some time. This time it happened in an area with little room for error, as opposed to the open sea.

[@rickjames547]

That pier was hit with a little over a 1 million pounds of force. The bridge was over 40 years old no way that pier would with stand that type of blow

[@mikespears2432]

Why would they only drop the port anchor, causing it to turn straight into the structure instead of dropping both anchors. They are supposed to man those anchors as they come through the port, in case of an emergency.

[@Zelda-rk7xc]

Well done to those who stopped the traffic - could have been even worse 😔

[@Biancaonlysister30]

How much worse? The entire bridge fell

[@Zelda-rk7xc]

@@Biancaonlysister30 I meant that there may have been even more people in cars on the bridge.

[@ICP1SBJ]

@@Biancaonlysister30 30,000 cars drive over this bridge a day so it could've been a lot worse if it happened during rush hour. The fact that only the workers were on the bridge means they stopped 100% of cars from entering the bridge and it's just sad the workers couldn't be saved.

[@Biancaonlysister30]

@@Zelda-rk7xc oh ok

[@Biancaonlysister30]

@@ICP1SBJ nobody knows how to swim?

[@danielwerner5882]

That ship company better give the families of those who lost their lives and injured a bunch of money along with giving the 1st responders a big check as well.

[@_Ben4810]

Oh good grief...No one starts dishing-out cash to affected families & in particular begins tipping first responders who are doing their jobs...🙄

[@Peter-ok2vk]

PrayerWithYou: HeavenlyFather, YourSon JesusChrist,born crucified resurrected ForUs Family Friends. ForgiveOurSins GiveUs EternalLife. InJesusChrist's name.Amen

[@margief1798]

​@Coral-reStop with your ridiculous conspiracy theories!!! It's nonsense!!!

[@margief1798]

Ok Einstein!! No body is getting money!!!! Especially Firefighters, it's their job!!!

[@rubenruiz2162]

Fair compensation to the victims, first responders do get a paycheck to perform that function.

[@williampinnetti]

When they just mentioned possible contaminated fuel a light just went off in my head I work for a trucking company in mass and this whole month we’ve been having trouble with a lot of trucks running crappy and blowing smoke and our mechanics think it’s bad fuel and we go through Alot every week, this is something they should look into we are on the eastern seaboard too would probably be using the same batches as Maryland….??????

[@hrib]

My condolences to the families of the workers. But it's an unbelievable miracle that only 6 people died. I know there are victims but if we imagine what else could happen ...it was a huge collapse of a long bridge

[@lakerskid2013]

In terms of the dead, it could’ve been easily as bad as (if not worse) than the Minneapolis bridge collapse in 2007 had this happened in the middle of the day with high volumes of traffic.

[@thisbushnell2012]

Even harder than stopping a fully loaded freight train, once the control was lost.

[@Bigmommafluffy]

The cause of the bridge collapse? Maybe it had something to do with a huge ship colliding with it?

[@ziggystardust7888]

😂😂😂

[@thomasallen6285]

That is the final cause, but we are asking what is the first event in the chain of events that caused the collision. It is the "but for" question."

[@Bigmommafluffy]

@thomasallen6285 Well, the ship malfunctioned, causing it to collide with the bridge. The bridge was fine prior.

[@laternevercame]

@thomasallen6285 There is no conspiracy or underlying cause. A ship hit the bridge, the bridge collapsed.

[@skinnybuddha74]

Exactly what I said. Big freakin boat, there's your cause. I thought we all knew that already.

[@virgilioangtimonel7625]

My question is why where were those tugs those could have helped during maneuvering for lose of steering

[@user-or7cy6dx4e]

If you notice, none of this newscasters or government people have mentioned not using tugboats was the reason the boat hit the bridge because that will ask why why did it not have tugboat?

[@masonbright]

Wow I didn’t even notice there was background music playing the entire video until reading a comment about someone complaining about it. Now I can’t un hear it 😂

[@marcd1981]

CBS, what the heck are you doing in your studios? First, the anchors are dressed like Miami Vice characters, then your title is just click bait. You don't have any new details, you are just asking the same questions that have been being asked since the accident.

[@jeff7764]

Who’s dressed like a Miami Vice character? Like what in the actual F*** are you talking about?

[@Sacred_Fire]

​@@jeff7764🤣

[@johnbowles5399]

They do look like they just walked off a Miami Vice set, it's true. 🤣

[@janiewilliams48]

They are dressed official

[@carastone3473]

Really? The anchors' clothing is what you're concerned about? As for the coverage, viewers come and go. Some people don't have all day to sit and watch the coverage. Information is going to be repeated because not everyone has heard it. It's not all about you.

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

As usual, we will find that there is gross negligence. You just wait.

[@XD-te6vj]

now, that is something that is likely.

[@grandinosour]

probably...negligence from a government entity.

[@berkbuns]

That ship has a history of propulsion deficiencies.

[@vicm6561]

Yep there should have been dolphins( concrete pilings ) to protect it. Watched an engineer go through this. Government to busy playing stupid games to do their jobs. @@grandinosour

[@_ata_3]

Good explanation on what the NTSB is and how they are conducting the investigation.

[@keithbolton5081]

Prayers go out to all those families who lost their loved ones in this tragedy x

[@lilgoldygloxelite3681]

a whole year to wait for a report is wild

[@grandinosour]

your government at work....ssllooowwwwwwwwww

[@SuaveHousexx]

Probably so they can do all their cover-ups and hide whatever they need to hide and put together what they actually want to tell the public. You gotta take time when you're covering lies. Our gov at work. Everything is bs.

[@allstarthrifter9355]

Huh

[@laternevercame]

It was 2 days ago and we already have the report. The ship lost power and hit the bridge. What more would you like to know?

[@ryand141]

So everyone forgets.

[@Manthatshott]

This woman from the NTSB is fantastic. Thorough and boring. Just like government should be. But really this gives me confidence in at least one federal administration.

[@VanillaMacaron551]

She was good with the Boeing "door plug" incident as well. She's a good communicator!

[@grandinosour]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@LM-fn6qb]

Yes, I was impressed by how articulate and professional she was. She covered everything.

[@vicm6561]

Omg she drove me nuts with the ums um um um every other word. @@LM-fn6qb

[@matthewpendell8488]

Why wouldn't they have tugboats escort until past the bridge? Should always be standard safety protocol? You would think?

[@Justsaying-cg2nz]

In some country at every bus stop in front there is a stone stopper to prevent vehicle accidentally barge in. Very surprised Baltimore Key Bridge do not have a stone stopper in front of the tripod pillar that hold the bridge.

[@checkHook93]

Why didnt the mayday get to the construction workers?

[@mimirows]

There was no emergency communication with the workers on the bridge. Incompetent, criminal contractor.

[@drinkingpoolwater]

They only had a few minutes. It was 130am, hard to communicate with all parties at that hour

[@michakoeppenblues3669]

how do you know it didn't?

[@katherenewedic8076]

always had a bad feeling about this bridge and would drive 30 miles or 30 minutes out of my way to avoid it. this boat is one of the smaller, if not smallest ships, that enter and exit the port, most are ginormous

[@laternevercame]

Why would you drive 30minutes to avoid the key bridge? You have 895 and 95 both running parallel to the key bridge. Neither would take 30minutes longer. My commute to work is over the keybridge or 896. They both take the same amount of time. It definitely wouldn't be an extra half hour just to cut through light street and hit eastern through the city to put you back on 695. Unless you're new to the city, I can't phathom why someone would circle to entire city to avoid 695/keybridge. That's silly. Lots of parallel ground level/tunnel options to avoid the bridge and get in/out of the city.

[@athomewithtawanda1]

My prayers are with the families who lost loved ones 🙏🏽 Also the ones who just crossed the bridge only moments before it went down. PTSD is real! 🙏🏽♥️

[@jenniferjames6525]

Prayers for all the families that lost loved ones!!!!

[@naterobinson5141]

What a great time to own a ferry boat in Baltimore

[@ThedigitalArtChannel]

The video of the Accident. Didn't give much detail it was at night and short Didn't show where it came from or went it left off.. the video made it look like the ship came from other side then turned around then went right at the bridge because of the video people didn't wait for more information instead they saying it was a cyber attack or government was behind it or said the bridge wasn't built right causing it to fall.. this is why i tell my self wait till more information comes out before u judge..

[@Veralto]

The black smoke is consistent with a diesel engine reving up to full power. Was the ship in full reverse?

[@ryand141]

Probably.

[@Jay66669]

Now ships can't get in or out of that port for months or even up to a year until the scene is cleared That's crazy and not to mention all that traffic that's going to be backed up because of the detour.

[@zachmoyer1849]

it wont take a year to clear it probably will be open in two months to ships building a new bridge could take years. They may have to do a temporary ferry service to make up for delays in traffic who knows.

[@lindao7887]

Get your toilet paper now, not being funny, it will happen

[@zachmoyer1849]

@@lindao7887 toilet paper is not shipped in its distributed by truck and train.

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

I hope the shipping company has to pay the bill. Probably 1 billion.

[@nadiavasyukhnevich4791]

🤔

[@mrtee3477]

1 billion? cheap.

[@funfun5656]

More than that because of all the disrupted business that happens as a result...but there's also possibilities that someone else dropped the ball. Thinking security. Also the management company will wind up making an insurance claim which will ultimately go on the balance sheet of some big bank the tax payer will just wind up bailing out later anyways. At the end of the day you and I are paying for it and someone else broke it.

[@TA-wg9oi]

The shipping company didn't put the bridge there!

[@jaymontgomery3330]

Biden says us tax payers are paying for it.

[@ThedigitalArtChannel]

Im sorry but if bridge was shut down why didn't they tell the workers to get off the bridge

[@mimirows]

Sadly, migrant workers are dispensable.

[@ziggystardust7888]

They only had minenuts. To stop traffic 😢😢😢

[@TheoryAug]

It happened pretty quick. What part of that are you not getting?

[@user-hv3gj5we5j]

@ziggy so in 90 seconds, cops closed the bridge? 😂😂😂 You're a clown

[@scotexscarrier8461]

listen to the lady and the time line given, there barely wasn't any

[@kenhernacki3317]

Best video on this tragedy yet this woman is smart

[@AmandaATurner-yv5ns]

How deep is that waterway

[@raymondshaw7186]

Don't understand why there aren't bumpers around the supports for the bridge. Seems like they would have learned from the Sunshine Bridge in Tampa when that happened. But I guess the NTSB didn't get around to it. Might have been a better outcome if it had.

[@SorbusAucubaria]

The thing is the cintainer ship is so big that i dont think any kind of bridge would have stopped it. Or the bridge structures would have to be so massive that it would make the channel unpassable.

[@jul1440]

It looks like there might be fenders, but they are very small and quite far away from the support piers.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

They did an assessment whether to retrofit this bridge according to the new standards, but they assessed it was not worth the cost

[@jul1440]

@@eljanrimsa5843 I guess not if now they are getting a new free bridge.

[@barefootfarmer4214]

Even the new standards would not have stopped this ship. They are blowing hot air to make us feel better l.

[@kevin6293]

The “mercy of the tides” steered them right into the support leg of the bridge…..

[@kdub3892]

bS

[@kdub3892]

Sure yeh

[@SuaveHousexx]

Right. Notice that super sharp turn they made to make sure they hit the pillar? I'm not buying this. I think you know who has this whole thing set up.

[@ArthurMarriner-pj8cv]

I'm not buying this either. The power went out but if you notice it was at the same time the smoke poured out of the stack ( engines with no power do not make smoke) as the power went out and came back on they noticed it was possible to miss the bridge and the power went back out making it harder to see. It appears to me that the shop turned into the bridge at the last minute. Watch it close. Right now in the government and things all running scams and lies to the people so you never know. It will be interesting to see where the money ends up at the end. That would tell a lot wouldn't it? Even the recording box went out at the right time. I'm grateful for the lives that were saved and very sorry for the ones lost. It just seems with the information given there was plenty of time to have saved all lives. When the anchor was dropped they knew what was going to happen

[@aiRxShop]

The wind also pushed them. See the smoke coming out of the stack blowing almost horizontally to the left of the image? Coincidentally that’s also the direction the boat was pushed. Wind pushing a boat is extremely common when it’s not under its own power and with how large this was, it’s practically its own sail

[@user-kh9hq1kv8e]

What I'm trying to figure out is why a ship that size doesn't have tugs assisting it until it pass the bridge? I don't get it.

[@marilyncordero5862]

Condolences to the whole family that loose theirs family in this accident prayers

[@davidguthrie5941]

It was the ship

[@davidwee130]

Obviously

[@nettybubba7730]

Did I hear correct, that the ship was doing 8 to 9 knots? Seems fast in a channel navigating through a bridge with tonnes of weight on board.?

[@wally7856]

Without any velocity you don't have any rudder authority so it's a double edge sword.

[@samjepsen8165]

That’s just at steerage speed for them

[@user-jq3rj3cm1r]

don't understand why there isn't such a safety in place for these situations.. loss of control of vessel.. then the anchor's should automatically deploy to stop the vessel in its tracks

[@user-jw6sr7nc5g]

So apparently ships have problems with watered down or contaminated from plastic fuel all the time from people in the comments that have experience in that industry. If it causes them to shut down then why don’t they escort them through key infrastructure with tugs and push boats, that’s what they’re there for. Whose brilliant idea voted against that to get more ship traffic for cheaper shipping rates?

[@flamcity]

Why were there no TUGS ?

[@stephenshoihet2590]

there were tugs, they brought the ship to the middle of the channel and the tugs were released. Tugs are not required in the channel.

[@JDski]

Looking at the smoke direction from the stack, the wind blew it off course while restricted in it's ability to maneuver.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

The sides of the container pile make a big sail

[@wally7856]

There is also an intersection in the narrow main channel she was following with the Curtis Bay channel on the starboard side right after she lost power. Hydrodynamic forces from displacing water from the channel puts a force on either side of the hull and those forces would of been relieved on the starboard side when she intersected that side channel. There would have been a force to starboard side crossing that intersection.

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

Yeah right, containers make great sails, that's all current and speed already reached,do you know what that ship weighs! could have saved a bit of fuel by using containers as sails too, you've no idea

[@kathleencheatham4159]

How many cars or trucks were still on the bridge in addition to the workers?

[@jamesbland7259]

Please to see and listen to someone in the position of authority - like this Lady - to be FAIR. I have the feeling that individuals like her could deliver TRUE, FAIR and HONEST conclusion.

[@Optix-Code]

Because of this get ready for things to cost more.

[@rudy_2299]

They already got their que cards. They were spouting that yesterday

[@jamesmckay9966]

I WONDER HOW FAR THE PORT IS FROM THE BRIDGE. COULD NOT THE TUGS HAVE STAYED WITH IT TO SAFELY PASS UNDER THE BRIDGE.

[@vaultscribe4501]

Prolly should have. But may not be normal to do. Like people should wear seat belts, but some people are willing to fight not to.

[@295g295]

2:19 - Was this ship's dock near the I-895 Harbor Tunnel?

[@TacticalSandals]

thank god it happened late at night and not during the day when there would have been more people on it. Amazing that the only people on it at the time was a handful of workers that bridge used to get some heavy traffic sometimes

[@MamaT111]

Oh my dear god😢😢

[@SilverSoldier25]

The amount of people that I see thinking there's some kind of conspiracy to this is frankly ridiculous. You people see connections that just don't exist in everything. This is a clear accident. Negligence is possible, but an accident none the less.

[@a.k.7116]

😂😂😂😂

[@davids5006]

After what all we been lied to about I think it's ok to question things

[@user-dp5es4vc1k]

Obama Bin Laden was driving.

[@bonniegierach5027]

Question everything!

[@Teri_B.]

Very naive statement.

[@ivomedic5745]

Time was short to restores black out ,emergency generators start after 10 seconds was to late to do Sam thing in engine room.

[@mbrewer69]

Which bridge is next?

[@Zelda-rk7xc]

I dont know anything about container ships but does this look overloaded to anyone else - it looks top heavy 🤔

[@ziggystardust7888]

Yep.... Bridge to Low...for it. !!!!

[@wally7856]

If it's still floating it's not overloaded.

[@Zelda-rk7xc]

@@wally7856 Good point 👍🏻

[@user-cx8fo3uj5s]

@@ziggystardust7888 if the bridge is so low then how did the other ships go under it hmmm... how do you explain THAT!!

[@MrCrazycook8]

The Port of Baltimore serves over 50 ocean carriers, making nearly 1,800 annual visits. The ship in question is average size. No, not overloaded. Bridge is 200 feet above the water.

[@farmasyst]

Aren't there regulations that require a ship to maintain it's distance from the pillars before entering a bridge? This vessel had a crapload of space on the other side to have cleared the structure.

[@abelincoln6785]

Yes but the ship lost power.

[@farmasyst]

@@abelincoln6785 I ccan see how if the ship lost power,they might not have had any control over the sterring and navigation...and then when it recovered, it pitched the ship to the right. But that ship should have been far enough away from the support column long before it became disabled.

[@timhitt4589]

Pay attention…. The ship lost power…

[@weekenderfam7965]

and there’s wind and/or current

[@eljanrimsa5843]

@@farmasyst The ship was in the normal shipping channel going 8 knots, but had lost power a couple of minutes earlier and was drifting out of the shipping channel towards the bridge without ability to steer. If you look at the ship now, you can see the concrete dolphin right next to ship, that would have prevented a direct hit if the ship would have moved straight on. One theory had been that they tried to go astern and that increased the steering problem. But most likely is that they restarted an emergency generator but not the main engine yet, and never recovered the ability to steer.

[@jackmanbussey]

If the ship had no or intermittent power , how did it make such a drastic change in the direction of the pile on ? Right turn Clyde ! What ?

[@sandksquadhall6608]

It had a back up generator

[@edwardmartin243]

They are making cargo ships too large. No bridge could withstand a collision from a ship of that tonage.

[@zachmoyer1849]

im curious how this will change the protocol for stuff i imagine they are gonna require tugs to escort them beyond any bridge now. Tug boys bout to be rich.

[@about2mount]

The real question to be asking is why that Port Authority allowed their tugboats to leave a ship before its safe exit and why the tugboats failed to return after being radioed by the ship captain to return because of engine failure.

[@wotviewer]

the real question to ask is why are you commenting when you clearly have no idea how harbours operate, nor have you understood the timeline mentioned in the video, did you actually watch it?

[@tizthelocsmith4758]

And to think there's a guy who posted a video on tik tok who appears to be posting a doctored video of the point of impact for the ship. He points to what appears to be explosions at certain points of the bridge, stating that these were explosions caused by dynamite. To take a tragedy and turn it around to fit your narrative is nothing short of "Sickening"! You cant make this stuff up!

[@SorbusAucubaria]

Likely russians or chinese

[@gregjones1537]

Sick Mothers will be out in force you can bank on that.

[@grandinosour]

Why are you still watching TocTic?

[@SuaveHousexx]

​@@SorbusAucubaria No our own gov. You guys haven't caught on to what's really going on in America or the world for that matter yet still?

[@SuaveHousexx]

So do you think 9/11, the building were really brought down by planes still?

[@devonstewart9376]

I'm sorry this happened. Don't know what caused the ship to do that but that bridge just didn't look sturdy enough from afar. They probably needed to upgrade that bridge a long time ago

[@JeremySierra]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@aliciavance3820]

Wow you can tell that by looking at a bridge?

[@devonstewart9376]

@@aliciavance3820 well yeah just kinda looking at how much the city relies on it, it just doesn't look like it can really support the traffic that it carries. Cause how the whole thing just snaps and break like that??? That ship is huge but just that one incident tho? Let's you know something was just bound to happen soon just like the levies in Louisiana during Katrina

[@andrewreiss2811]

After the horrible crash on the sunshine skyway Bridge in the early 80s they installed huge concrete mixed with rubber barriers.Hopefully Baltimore does the same.

[@SaltyCosmic]

Here come all the Neanderthals claiming they known what really happened. Such a tragic accident 🙏

[@Moonboy9001]

i don't see anyone lol

[@eoimagery4524]

our government loves us so much!

[@timothytremblay7763]

Um., excuse me? Cro Magnon 😂😂😂

[@claudemaassen2963]

I don't believe Neanderthals were that stupid.

[@gabrielszarose5640]

Intentional

[@hangten1904]

That could've been prevented if tugged boats got there in time to change the course of the ship

[@jamesmckay9966]

THE TUGS WHICH HELPED TO LEAVE THE PORT COULD HAVE STAYED WITH THE SHIPS PASSAGE UNDER THE BRIDGE.

[@rickjames547]

And rock islands built around the piers to keep boats from coming near it

[@DannyLucero-qz5pe]

What an unimaginable tragedy

[@barefootfarmer4214]

I understand it would be nearly impossible to create any type of barriers that could stop a ship of this size. Maybe the next best option would be to engineer bridges to break off in small sections if something like this happens.

[@cindywasserman6596]

Seems like she should be calling it an incident instead of an accident during the investigation. Or does that make too much sense?

[@wolfhors3_660]

If you're looking for any new info or any answers, you can skip this vid.

[@yourtubisfilled7164]

I don't get how there are no mandatory towing ships guiding out large vessels past a vulnerable infrastructure like that and how there was no sufficient guiding structures and/or submerged rock ballast around the pillars to protect them. I've read they installed the harbor cranes to receive large container vessels like this one only recently but forgot to adapt the infrastructure to safely receive them. There was nothing able to prevent an accident like this. That is baffling. Ships are complex machines and do get out of control from time to time. So decision and policy makers of the port shouldn't get off easily by scapegoating an operator imo.

[@user-yd1lh7vr5h]

Tampa Bay SKYWAY Bridge has defensive dolphin concrete blockers,,,, the two on this Baltimore bridge are constructed in the WRONG positions for blocking the support legs.

[@lyndasmith444]

I cannot watch this often enough! Brilliant brilliant CRM, Crew Resource Management. Only a comprehensive analysis of the chain of events will determine the cause of this accident. There is NOTHING that indicates anything other than an accidental occurrence for the cause of this event.

[@kdub3892]

So certain... Less than 24 hrs in...... #C EYE A

[@kdub3892]

Mmmkay

[@wilfredodelacruz424]

There were so many CRM taken as well as Refresher!! Don't Trust Indian Seafarers!! They are Good in Theory. They write a lot of Maritime books!! Only write!! Let them to do it!! Watch their gestures & you will know!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@enadegheeghaghe6369]

​@@kdub3892well you seem quite certain it's CIA. Without any evidence

[@scarletangel1997]

Also, you’re trying WAY too hard to convince us that this is an accident. It’s too soon to know that.

[@TheTube1868]

American's aging infrastructure can't meet modern marine commerce need.

[@JosephSoares-cg5hh]

They did try to throw the anchor out maybe the anchor caught and swing it into the pillow of the bridge 😞

[@maryjanespangler7488]

#1. I don’t want to read a screen in the mornings when I watch the news. I want to HEAR it. #2. The music is too loud and not relaxing at all.

[@chuckwalla2967]

God bless the all Indian crew.

[@albionparrot5607]

FACT CHECK!!! The inertia of that size vessel would have prevented the ship from turning without power... The turn came only AFTER the engine was restarted. At that point the rudder was placed at HARD STARBOARD. Who moved the rudder? Synergy runs a fleet of 744 ships, with about 20% classisfied as "smartships" which have autonimous capability. Was the system actually under the control of the crew?

[@grandinosour]

ummmm...you know nothing about large ships, do you?

[@TassyDeval]

If you had of done any prior knowledge learning of the incident before your comment, you would have known that the main engine died, (as there is only 1 main engine in most of these large ships that control everything, propulsion as well as electrics) so this vessel had absolutely very little steering without propulsion. The turn to starboard happened because the ship dropped its anchor in the hopes that it would spin around and stop before hitting bridge. The lights that came back on were from the emergency auxiliary motor, which only supplies electrics for lights etc, not propulsion.

[@frankedgar6694]

Or, or, maybe the 30 mph wind blowing against it affected it?

[@albionparrot5607]

@@grandinosour More than you assume.

[@ChirpyChat]

The only news channel that provided clear details abt the vessel instead of just saying "Spore-registered vessel" that is so misleading.

[@user-lm6nw3zd7d]

Wasn't there tug boats guiding the ship through the tight spots just in case of fog or mechanical issues?

[@lareinalinda3515]

I get Twin Tower vibes! I mean does anyone else see that this ship went DIRECTLY towards the pillar, and knocked it down!!! WTF 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@edwardmille8879]

Your logic is flawed That's normal for many Americans

[@GoFoSho]

I’m curious to know if the ship used their horn to warn the people on the bridge to warn them

[@jul1440]

No, they used the radio to do so.

[@user-bs6kh7qm3x]

Is that going to change anything. You're not going to be able to sleep for nights after night because you can't find out if they blow the f****** horn really

[@MobileDecay]

Beep beep!!! 😳😳😳

[@michakoeppenblues3669]

even if they heard a horn and saw the ship - what was their reaction?

[@hobo1452]

I'm anxious to hear the explanation for why the stern of the ship started a hard swing to port BEFORE the power went off. If that's when they dropped the port anchor as I suspect, they caused the strike trying to prevent it.

[@ryand141]

That's what I think but there were currents.

[@hobo1452]

@@ryand141 Yes there are, but short of say, emergency dropping an anchor, ships that size don't react to course changes quickly.

[@ryand141]

@@hobo1452 They dropped port anchor and full astern, I think, so maybe this would turn the ship abruptly if say it loses speed. I am not qualified to say, really but there have been experts that have not said much either. It could be sabotage. I would not discount that with the recent UN security council vote.

[@hobo1452]

@@ryand141 That's what the video appears to show. The voyage and bridge recorders will tell the true story. One thing is obvious. The harbor pilots dropped the ball, because their sole reason for being on that ship during it's transit from the harbor was to make sure something like this didn't happen.

[@ryand141]

@@hobo1452 Apparently this ship was involved in another accident in another port but really, that is the port's job. It's not the crews fault. Maybe these harbour pilots aren't experienced enough.

[@joepisco3079]

I never understood why it isn't required to have cement guides to stop this so the cargo ships glide between the cement guides. From the port leading out to any bridge