NTSB B-Roll - Aerial Imagery of Francis Scott Key Bridge and Cargo Ship Dali

[@willowsloughdx]

One reason why huge container ships like Dali are so economical to operate is that they are powered by a single, massive engine. Lose that engine and the ship loses the ability to navigate. New bridges are expensive. Perhaps it is time to mandate that similar ships must be escorted by two tugs when passing under vulnerable infrastructure.

[@heavyweight6440]

I know nothing about the Dali, but I cannot image that it doesnt have any redundant systems like backup generators that are just in place, to power hydraulic systems or rudders, to make the ship at least manouverable, if the main engine fails. But that would drive costs... maybe you are right.

[@fuzzOverlord]

I had pretty much assumed it was a requirement for tugs to steer big ships out of tight harbors. Apparently I assumed wrong.

[@thelegendoflivz]

idk if a tug could veer it off course in time... or at all. ships aren't like planes. They are constantly battling the force of nature that is water.

[@cmartin_ok]

Perhaps, like commercial airplanes, it's time to insist that big ships have at least 2 engines (and 2 propellers)? RIP to all those who lost their lives in this tragedy and condolences to those they have left behind

[@carbonking53]

Many US ports do mandate a tug escort in and out of critical areas. This one does not. Baltimore is known for it's ineffective and unscrupulous government.

[@skyvenrazgriz8226]

Well this footage gives a better feeling for the scale of this disaster.

[@ElDJReturn]

Most definitely. Amazing how the ship took out that big pillar, but then again, I've see towns smaller than that ship.

[@JohnHallgren]

The collapsed span was about 1/2 mile long, with center span 1200 feet.

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

​@@JohnHallgrenwas the middle like 170-200ft clearance?

[@JohnHallgren]

@@youtubeSuckssNow Wikipedia says it was 185 feet…

[@adam_mccullough]

STFU no it doesn't

[@WaynoGur]

Thank you for showing this. I live in Southern Arizona and can't grasp the full reality of what this must look like in person.

[@Christine-uq6sw]

Even in this excellent footage, the scale is difficult to grasp. From a 33 foot sailboat a container ship is so big you can just barely wrap your head around the size. Mostly you know your boat wouldn't even be noticed from the perspective of the ship. Basically a mosquito.

[@CarolynMcPherson-r3z]

Sensational footage. Thank you so much.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

As a Floridian, this is a stark reminder of the 1980 disaster in Tampa Bay, though the casualties were much more severe. A Greyhound bus and its passengers were among the casualties in that tragic and avoidable incident.

[@lucmarchand617]

Yes,it was big news calgary alberta greyhound was big on that time.the father of stevie nick fleetwood mack work greyhound HO he was piss when people died on bus just sad.this wreck why was no tugs or caisson protect base bridge is insane but sad again.😮

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

@@lucmarchand617 huh????🤔🤔🤔

[@robertmcnally9305]

@@The_Conspiracy_AnalystI believe this user is referring to the Sunshine Skyway bridge collusion it’s scarily similar

[@jbutcher1983]

Avoidable. You said it there. There is no accountability anymore and people are dead while the rich people who run this world are now seeing how it effects their pocket books. Human life means nothing compared to commerce and capitalism.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

@jbutcher1983 you say this as if it's a new concept. Capitalism was built on the bloodshed of serfs and plebians and still is today. Corporate greed has a figure written on sticky notes calculating the value of their human casualties. If the profit margin exceeds the cost of human casualties then they are just the cost of doing business. And it's been that way forever.

[@Jessa-RM]

Now we have to wait patiently for Brick Immortar to make a video about this

[@readmorebooksidiots]

Plainly Difficult is probably working on his script for one too

[@heavyweight6440]

This is the best comment. #BIUltras

[@AMacLeod426]

Beat me to it...

[@ferris-fam]

yessssssss

[@heavyweight6440]

@@readmorebooksidiots I don't think anyone will have a video out within the next 1-2 years. NTSB has to undergo all the investigation stuff, a lot of documents, voice recordings, videos etc. have to be examined etc. That stuff takes time. This is gonna be a long wait :-( as always. Look at Mentour Pilot. He just made a video about MH 370, which crashed exactly 10 years ago. Over the last 10 years, new stuff and information is coming out to this day. In his video he refers to two investigations that were published like just a year ago.

[@chrisgardner6677]

This footage shows the Port hook (anchor) was dropped, but at 8 knots, it would be like trying to stop your car with your foot on the freeway. Blessings to the families of the lost.

[@AdmiraalDakdekkers]

Is it possible that the anker dropped because the winch was damaged in the collision and it unlocked the anchor?

[@stgeorgee]

@@AdmiraalDakdekkersno. It entire anchor windlass system would have had to been damaged and there are to locks on the anchor chain.

[@williamjones4483]

@@AdmiraalDakdekkers The anchor was dropped on purpose to try and stop the ship.

[@HesmiyuMC]

@@AdmiraalDakdekkersthe anchor line was pulled to the rear indicating it had dropped while in motioned.

[@nicholaswhitfield9341]

Plus it's not the actual anchor itself digging into the sand that holds a ship in place anyway. It's the weight of the huge length of chain dragging on the seafloor. So if there's not enough distance between when they drop the anchor and when they hit the bridge, not enough chain is going to play out to have an effect anyway.

[@fhowland]

Wow this really shows the scale

[@citronzmoravy2614]

Wow,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, umíš Vůbec něco jinýho ??????

[@incubrian]

these tragedies are always a stark reminder that even though we think we build tough things that seem like a fortress of invicibility and protection, things that seem like they'll always just "be there" - those things are really quite fragile in the grand scheme of things.

[@vindiesel5466]

Terrorist attack?

[@bikercowboy1]

@@vindiesel5466 don`t think so. Look at the history of this ship and you will find out that their where several similar incidents with this ship, engine failure, no electricity etc. . My personal thinking is, that greed for more money and less safety and less costs of handling this ship are the main reason for this disaster.

[@leopardtiger1022]

Greed for Dollar profits by MAERSK is root cause of such disasters. They use cheap labour from India where poverty and unemployment make life hard for the youth. Big companies like Maersk exploit the poor Indians. Maersk overloads the ships and pays less attention to seaworthibess of their chartered ships. The companies in si gapore and Mumbai are mostly owned or operated by corrupt greedy opportunistic Indians.

[@Howsoonisnow-to5nv]

indeed, as are we

[@donbrashsux]

I’m surprised that fully laden ship didn’t ripout all what it hit and keep going Imagine the weight she has onboard

[@tonyrosa7944]

... Thankfully the authorities had a couple of minutes to alert the right people to stop traffic in both directions before they reached the bridge, or this would have been a lot worse. It's going to make the already notoriously terrible traffic in the Baltimore area, a complete nightmare for a long time. It's a real shame and it goes to show, you just never know when a total catastrophe will strike... R.I.P. to those who lost their lives. 😢

[@randbarrett8706]

I imagine there will be a thorough investigation into whether anybody could’ve seen this coming

[@brianl-pm8tt]

There were cars and workers on the bridge tho right?

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Can you imagine if this had happened during rush hour?!

[@gcvincent3989]

Yet a construction crew of eight workers on the bridge plunged to their deaths.

[@markfranz536]

i can tell you the traffic today was insane. it took almost 45 minutes to travel about 6 miles on my way home. i live about 10 minutes from the bridge and ive been across it it several thousand times over the years. its a sad day for us here in Baltimore

[@xray606]

A big part of the problem is that these old bridge abutments were never designed with the thought of ships the size of small cities hitting them. That just wasn't a thing back then. And they're only getting bigger.

[@zyeborm]

There are concrete dolphins up and down stream of the bridge designed to stop this exact thing. The ship was turning at the perfect rate to dodge them and still hit the pillar. This is a whole lot of bad luck happening all at once.

[@zakelwe]

@@zyeborm Design is supposed to stop a whole lot of bad luck, if it doesn't then it is bad design. Pier protection would have stopped it but then that costs money, and there are an awful lot of bridges etc in the USA all perhaps needing some money at the moment. Difficult. Having said that, this is a big case of "For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost.

[@dubious6718]

@@zyeborm So what you are saying is that ship rammed the pillar on purpose...

[@zyeborm]

@@dubious6718 no. Go away fool. Nobody is saying that.

[@zyeborm]

@@zakelwe again they had protection. Presumably designed for a worst case runaway collision with enough distance to absorb the energy. Seatbelts don't help all the time, still much better off with them than without even if they aren't perfect.

[@khoughton411]

Thank you for taking time to post this amazing footage. Good luck and best wishes.

[@Controllerhead]

bruh that lone safety cone 😂😂😂 Incredible footage honestly. My brain can't really process the scale of this; it looks more like my 3yr old nephew just played with his toys than it does reality. Thanks for capturing and sharing this!

[@LeeAllen337]

Maybe, just maybe, if someone on the bridge stood with that cone when the bridge went down, would they have survived? I think it's possible.

[@citronzmoravy2614]

Pořiďte si DOSTAVNÍKY !!! KAŠPAŘI. A PODPORUJTE BOSTONSKÝHO 'SYFILITIKA',,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Z ukrainy juri/cz/km

[@TheRailwayDrone]

The Sunshine Skyway bridge collapsed because of a bridge strike by a ship. The Big Bayou Canot Bridge collapsed because of a bridge strike, an Amtrak train plunged into the water and 47 people died. The Queen Isabella Causeway collapsed due to runaway barges and 8 people died. Hindsight is clearly NOT 20/20 as we have not learned our lesson. I cannot for the life of me understand why there are no concrete dolphins near every major bridge that has large boats/ships/barges that travel near them.

[@littlewingpsc27]

Simple: probability of such a incident happening vs. cost to add them to every potential bridge that might get hit. Somebody decided it wasn't cost effective.

[@Schaden-freude]

Because they cost millions to place and maintain, and normally you don't have major vessels suffering double power loss next to the bridge. This was a freak accident at best, and you can never prepare enough for those.

[@ks_1111]

Are you willing to pay for the installation and upkeep of them ? No ? Didn't think so.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

They are there, but they are too far away from the bridge's piers to work in this case. The ship passed by the dolphin on its starboard and then turned into the pier. This video solves the reason for failure. Look at the dolphins, those round concrete things on both sides of the bridge. They were too far from the pier to work.

[@MichaelBuffum]

This was no accident, this was planned and done on purpose in order to further damage supply lines therefore causing inflation and consumer good's prices to increase even more, we're witnessing the systematic collapse of our country unfortunately. But don't worry about it and just go ahead and stick your head back in the sand and enjoy your day.

[@happycats5195]

Would not want to be the propulsion system engineers or maintenance people of that company

[@geonerd]

I guarantee you that someone higher up than that made a decision that saved a few bucks....

[@Motumatai3]

Video shows that the entire ship went dark once or twice, so not simply just a propulsion issue.

[@w6wdh]

Would not want to be their insurance company

[@cynthiasmith4130]

Me neither!!!!

[@cynthiasmith4130]

Me neither!!!

[@AccountInactive]

Don't read the comments. Too many piloting experts and people who don't understand physics.

[@Deontjie]

Fully Indian crew. From a company that are proud of diversity hire?

[@amistrophy]

​@@Deontjiefound the brainlet

[@cinquine1]

@@Deontjie You mean from a company trying to find the cheapest labour

[@AccountInactive]

@@Deontjie You ate the reason for my main comment. Dumbass.

[@Deontjie]

@@cinquine1Cheap is usually not the best value for money.

[@PartsUnknownn]

I was out fishing on a small boat by port of Miami when one of these bad boys came right by. I felt like a speck of sand looking up at Mount Everest.

[@ChuckWood]

I've been out here by the key bridge on a SeaDoo when one went by!

[@Bushpig22]

Heard about it and saw the collision footage all day, but this illustrates it on a completely different level...wow.

[@underseaowl7440]

I thought the Sunshine Skyway would have taught us this lesson. Those transmission lines have more shipping protection than the actual bridge.

[@jamieh9253]

I wonder if more dolphins or pier protection would’ve made a difference. The size of ships has grown so exponentially in the last few decades. I wonder if the protections recommended in the Skyway report would have been able to stop such a massive vessel with so much kinetic energy.

[@chow-chihuang4903]

Build the dolphins at least as strong as the pier for the tower that was struck. It definitely stopped the ship. But the tower was on it, so it was hit and the bridge was damaged.

[@Schaden-freude]

Sunshine skyway was struck by a ship like 1/15th the tonnage this ship is.

[@HeavyMetal45]

Wow this was a massive bridge, it took 5 years in the 70s to build wonder what it will take with modern technology to rebuild.

[@SmallMartingale]

Probably twice that with today's regulations and lack of skilled labor

[@JacktheSmack]

Far less since only a fraction of the bridge was knocked down.

[@JohnHallgren]

Took from 1980 to 87 to build the replacement Sunshine Skyway when it was hit similarly.

[@kennethhanks6712]

​@@JacktheSmackYour fraction is likely about 8/10 as ALL the main span superstructure is gone leaving only the relatively simple approach ramps. In addition before new bridge, in this location anyway, you need to clear the wreckage of the old so even an "emergency build" is going to be considerable in time and resources.

[@avflyguy]

Couple of gallons of SuperGlue and call it good.

[@khundok6595]

Excellent footage to give the clear idea about how it happened. Gr8 job.

[@ambulet]

the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel between the Eastern shore and Norfolk VA has 2 tunnels for this very reason. And that was built 15 years before this one. Of course the Navy insisted on it because an accident like this would have bottled up 1/3 of the US Naval fleet for months.

[@UrMomsChauffer]

You have to have a way to get into the port other than the tunnels. Hazmat trucks had to use this bridge, because they can't go through tunnels.

[@tonycotto8073]

why does it seems like the power line towers had more protection from impact than the bridge supports

[@norgeek]

While it wouldn't surprise me if the power lines were a newer construction and updated rules enforced a much sturdier collision barrier, it seems to me like they're more anti-curious-people than anti-big-ships.. it's *very* hard to dissuade that much mass/momentum from doing damage, especially with what seems to be a thin, hollow structure surrounding the power masts.

[@Zarcondeegrissom]

because they are newer than the bridge, yet that is a very good question among a few others regarding ship sizes over time vs the age of the bridge.

[@fgbae8220]

i wish your parents had more protection too

[@Zakster90]

Those were probably built after the Skyway bridge collapse in Tampa, thats what began much more strict regulations for structures like bridges and powerlines that sit on the water to have massive steel reinforced concrete walls. This bridge predates that incident so it did not have adequate protection.

[@VeryFamousActor]

Better yet make a giant sand bar

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

How many ships will it take to get the steel parts out and the heavy concrete of the road out?

[@nnelg8139]

I bet they'll use pontoons to float the intact truss sections out, and leave the concrete on the seafloor.

[@JimBoIndy]

They have HUGE barge cranes that can lift those sections onto large barges. Big Hoss is the name of one of them, but I believe it's down in the Gulf of Mexico at the moment

[@littlewingpsc27]

They might use shaped demolition charges to cut the truss sections into manageable chucks that can either be floated out with pontoons or lifted onto barges and hauled away for scrap.

[@markfranz536]

they wont be able to leave anything on the sea bed. a lot of people dont realize how shallow the bay and Patapsco river are. I was just down at the key bridge on my boat a week ago fishing and its only about 55 feet in the channel give or take and those container ships need all of that depth to get in and out. especially at low tide @@nnelg8139

[@john72ss]

its all on the bottom of the river

[@ShainAndrews]

My condolences to the friends, family, and co-workers of those that lost their lives. You are missed.

[@johnnylego807]

Is there no redundancy in each segment? How did it manage to take the rest of the entire bridge out?? Was the road itself that strong? Or was it hit at a critical segment?

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

The main span is a continuous structure -- all one welded piece. There are no "segments" other than the viaduct approaches. One load-bearing girder fails, the whole thing falls.

[@spiritfree5050]

So much protection around those power lines and almost nothing around the bridge pillars this was bound to happen

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

cause the power line stuff was built later and had to adhere to newer safety standards than the existing bridge

[@johnnylego807]

Is there no redundancy in each segment? How did it manage to take the rest of the entire bridge out??

[@jabadabadu7089]

Ships, bridges, all in all things can be repaired. But human loss... Damn 💔 Rest in peace!

[@chuckmvs]

The authorities who determined that those four dolphins would protect the bridge from impacts by ships we're sadly mistaken,

[@greenmirror5555]

maybe at that time the "dolphins" and "essentials" hadn't thought about bow thrusters?

[@Nunya9876]

Look at the age of those dauphins/dolphins-they were built in a time that calculated different physics, smaller vessels, etc..

[@chuckmvs]

Thats @@Nunya9876 Sorry but that’s no excuse, Safety concerns should have been address long ago for this deep water port / sizes of ships.

[@chow-chihuang4903]

Should’ve adjusted as conditions changed. But, money!

[@MrHerrS]

@@chow-chihuang4903 Yep, definetly. Also next time if conditions on fire safety for existing private housing changes, the owners should adjust. But, money!

[@CodeScrubber]

Somewhere, there are a bunch of people looking at video like this going "Oh fuq, where do we start..." Cutting that bridge up and fishing the remains of out of the 50ft+ deep channel is going to be a monumental challenge.

[@JMJ.516]

US Navy ships which have recovery equipment are already on the way.

[@leopardone2386]

Sal over at Whats Going on With Shipping is working overtime with this for sure.

[@jasonwilde197]

Now I wanna see the A-Roll footage...

[@StefanKirby]

Thank you for sharing the B roll footage

[@PLAYERSLAYER_22]

@DJI

[@davidb3172]

As a former mariner, I am dismayed at the comments made by landlubbers. It was the same on the tv when the Amoco Cadiz ran aground.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

​@@nohandleleft I was shocked when I saw it, they don't just sail towards it from the front, but turn towards it

[@greenmirror5555]

exactly...and to top it off in a miracle attempt to avoid loss of control they navigate directly into the main bridge support structure? Sell me that bow thrusters aren't the only thing that could turn a ship of this size going 8 knots left in 3 minutes around a dolphin.@@nohandleleft

[@davidb3172]

@@nohandleleftIf you had watched the video of the ship before it hit the bridge you would know she blacked out. It takes time to restart the ship's systems.

[@northernsnow6982]

​@@nohandleleftThe ship at the time of the accident was being piloted by someone who works for the port. Nobody on the ship is allowed to pilot a boat in those areas. It's to prevent things like this from happening. If they simply used tugboats, this would have never happened.

[@harveylordaguillo1029]

@@northernsnow6982 If only there was a well-recognized risk assessment for the passage of the Dali along this channel and established that the bridge posts possess hazard, there could have been established control measures considered such us, as you said, requiring tug boats to assist or at least standby close to these bridge posts. I am a retired Master and experienced almost losing the power of my ship in the Houston Channel but the pilot and I decided outright to anchor and have the USCG board my vessel for investigation. Although the finding was only a trivial result of pushing the wrong button in the engine room, my ship was safe and avoided the consequence of unexpected human error. Only my personal view as former mariner on this subject.

[@gmichael5506]

Thanks for releasing this.

[@MakeupMobster]

I am already terrified of bridges. This just terrible. Prays to the men’s families who were up there working. How sad

[@tahustvedt]

Any reason why they don't have rock barriers protecting the bridge? It's not particularly deep there according to data.

[@cinquine1]

I mean, you already know the reason That would cost more money

[@JandiFebie]

Thank you 👍

[@АлексЧарлоф]

Петров и Бощиров у штурвала....кот скрипаля не пострадал!!!

[@JaneJones-lg3bd]

Nasty situation for sure. What a mess! Those poor people who perished. Condolences to their families!

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

This reminds me of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge near St. Petersburg, Florida being struck in 1980. I am from St. Pete, but at the time of that incident I was actually on a road trip to Maryland with a buddy of mine.

[@Turboy65]

I predict that this will lead to greatly expanded bridge impact standards for major waterway bridges in the future. They will be built to withstand the sort of impact that brought this bridge down. Eventually this will be the new standard, for new construction bridges at least.

[@Turboy65]

@hiho-fu2ekTime will tell. Neither of us has the ability to predict the future.

[@povertyspec9651]

Sunshine Skyway was built with pier protection ages ago.

[@Turboy65]

@@povertyspec9651 Ships got bigger, too.

[@nonna_sof5889]

We know how to protect these bridges, we just don't spend the money to do it. Incidentally you don't build the bridge to take it, you build a sacrificial obstacle to stop it before the bridge is hit.

[@1realtruthrightnow742]

No it won't. We still have billions of to give to Israel, Ukraine and "migrants" wake up already

[@r0cketplumber]

Are those four bollards north and south of the bridge's towers?

[@chow-chihuang4903]

Called dolphins, they’re supposed to stop large ships from hitting the towers. But the four seem too few, with large gaps a freight can pass through.

[@carotarra5022]

R.I.P. for the victims and courage for survivors . from Bergerac 🇫🇷 France. god bless you.

[@javedsultan4830]

get the heck outta here

[@rollingmancave4547]

Best video of the accident. No Bridge Support Skirts/aprons, how did this happen?

[@lewisdoherty7621]

The dolphins (bumpers) are there, but too far away. The ship passed by the dolphin on its starboard and then turned into the pier. This video solves the reason for failure. Look at the dolphins, those round concrete things on both sides of the bridge.

[@shopdog831]

no steel bridge is strong enough to take a direct hit from a Panamax like that. this isnt in the bridge engineers this is on the shipping company who didn't maintain there powerplant.

[@chow-chihuang4903]

And too few in number, with too large a gap between them. The power line towers have better protection (the diamond-shaped walls around each of the ones near the center of the channel).

[@lewisdoherty7621]

This is like having guardrails on a highway. We can reduce, but not eliminate accidents. The bridge shouldn't take a hit because it should be protected by proper "dolphins" which indicates a civil engineering failure. Properly configured, massive dolphins in front of the bridge's piers should take a hit. They should be slightly away from the bridge, so not to transmit the energy of the collision to the bridge. Now that ships have substantially increased in mass, the engineers are going to have to revisit protections for bridges.@@shopdog831

[@phil20_20]

We're talking about 1.34 Billion Ft. Lbs. of energy hitting that bridge pylon. That's based on 95k tons going 8 mph as it slowed before impact.

[@markfranz536]

F=(M*A) if im not mistaken. when i plug in the the mass( 97,000 metric tons) and the acceleration(8.4 MPH) i get 3,486,327 LB/F of force. Am I missing something or did i figure that wrong. I mean no disrespect, im genuinely asking

[@mattmullett9521]

@@markfranz536The acceleration is not 8.4mph, thats the velocity, and your units don't workout. The number @phil20_20 gave is a total amount of energy. 1 ft*lb of energy is equal to roughly 1.35 joules. So the ship has about 1.7 Gigajoules of energy. The energy of a moving object is given by Energy=1/2*Mass*Velocity^2

[@MyBlueZed]

Foot/pounds is a measure of torque; not force.

[@pulaski1]

@@MyBlueZed Momentum is also measure in ft.lbs

[@mattmullett9521]

@@MyBlueZedIts a measure of torque, or a measure of work, aka energy.

[@changein3d]

How to even start cleaning this mess up?

[@berteisenbraun7415]

Tragic for everyone involved 😮

[@RT-qd8yl]

Was this from the drone that was in the area the afternoon of the 26th? There was what I assumed to be a drone working between 100-300' AGL with a really weird ADS-B tag.

[@chocolatefrenzieya]

Fantastic call on stopping traffic, but super curious why crew wasn't taken off bridge.

[@futureshock7425]

that's going to be important.

[@littlewingpsc27]

Maybe they weren't in radio contact if doing pot hole work. Surprised they didn't see the ship coming at them and decide to get off the bridge.

[@df446]

There was no time to "stop traffic". Maybe to "stop traffic" after the bridge was down, but that's it. The short timeline allowed for nothing else. Shame on government spokesmen for implying otherwise.

[@spiercephotography]

If you see when they first lose power (from other footage) to the time they hit the bridge, it was a little less than 3 minutes. It was only about a minute before it started to drift towards the bridge and hit that they made the mayday call- before that you can see the ship attempting to get the power back on to keep them on course. There was no way the crew could have made it off the bridge in time.

[@PeterLGଈ]

​@df446 The ship's crew called in a mayday and the police at both ends stopped traffic immediately - VERY fast response. They sent people to try to warn the work crew but didn't get them all off in time. The police radio traffic makes it quite clear.

[@jasonbabila6006]

How is it the power line poles have a protective barrier at the waterline but the bridge piers doesn't have any similar protection or solid concrete dolphins on both sides.

[@delscoville]

Can see the Dali's anchor had been dropped before hitting the bridge. So speculation this was done on purpose is likely wrong.

[@clemclemson9259]

there are PLEANTY of stupid and foolish comments here thats for sure- I noticed the anchor as well

[@1realtruthrightnow742]

Think bigger. It was done on purpose without the crews knowledge, it was done remotely, and the crew tried everything they could to avoid it. Did you know your own car can be started and driven away from your driveway right now? Planes, like jumbo jets could be taken over remotely in the early 80's. Its true

[@Airplanefish]

​@@1realtruthrightnow742you need to get out more. Poor guy

[@1realtruthrightnow742]

@@Airplanefish So you are saying what I said is incorrect? That Car's and planes cannot be remotely taken over? You do know the Dali's rudder was in full turn postion right, and it was was in a straight position prior to power off event. Even the NTSB is wondering how that happened, and it caused the Dali to go 180 degrees into the support.

[@Airplanefish]

@@1realtruthrightnow742 maybe aliens caused this? Do they have the remote control?

[@theghostofrethsich2813]

I’d like to know what type of substructure repairs the bridge was about to undergo before this collapse

[@davidsutton9195]

Sad situation for the bridge maintenance crew. it hasn't been reported, but I wonder if any ship's crew are under that pile of bridge on the bow of the ship. I'm sure that very few people in the city recognized the potential danger. this is going to be a daunting process of clean up and reconstruction. probably upwards of 5 billion by the time all is done

[@btafan11]

The crew survived. Unfortunately, 13 women being trafficked in a container were crushed.

[@cattnipp]

Yes but they do have a Chief Diversity Officer.

[@tambrosia]

last i heard gross estiimate to replace this bridge was from 2 billion US to 8 billion US Bet this one will be closer to 8BILLION US

[@diane8937]

​@@btafan11yeah sure, all the way to Sri Lanka.

[@AndreiTupolev]

What extraordinarily bad taste replies

[@fennec13]

5:02 - why was there no hardened crash protection for the towers on this bridge ?? The power lines running alongside the bridge have barriers 0:50 - to deflect a ship (hopefully) I don't see any such protection for the two towers on either side of the main span or ANY of the piers for the causeway ! Wow, what a poor set-up. This sort of disaster was only a matter of time.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

I think you are over-reading the protection those electricity pylons have. The little islands are just dry land to mount the pylons on. A large ship hitting one of those would destroy it, too.

[@TheJttv]

Well this is a cluster

[@john72ss]

fear not for gay boy is on the scene.

[@jims6450]

It's a compound, double overlapping, lefthanded, cluster f_ck, alright. But now those engineering type people get to build a fancy dancy new fangled modern gorgeous suspension bridge to replace it. More good paying jobs! And lots more car lanes!

[@alaingattelet7833]

Did authorities closed the bridge traffic when cargo crew sent a mayday alert ?

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

Yes

[@Papershields001]

It’s so sad to see those cones on the right side of the bridge. You know they were closing off the lane where the construction guys were working.

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

I don’t think it was in the middle of the channel. 😢

[@davidleary823]

Kinda sad that the transmission poles were better protected than that bridge support.

[@JimWhitaker]

What do you reckon: Six weeks to remove the Dali and sufficient bridge remains to clear the shipping channel for use? Maybe less.

[@Manigo1743]

More like six months, if not longer.

[@leokimvideo]

Hey NTSB what I don't understand is how can a major harbour like this with a very big bridge and giant cargo ships operate without TUG boats. If this ship had TUGS this disaster wouldn't have happened

[@TopShot501st]

because TUGS are used to get ships off the pier, NOT into the Chesapeake. this was no different than any other ship that transits the port.

[@howieduin915]

NTSB will come up with the cause of the tragedy in a year and a half or so.

[@leokimvideo]

@@TopShot501st Nup, Tugs assist at all times within a harbour, especially where there are major hazards

[@TopShot501st]

@@leokimvideo they were leaving, TUGS dont drag ships through the bridge

[@fullraph]

You're wrong. Tugs are just used to move the ship to and away from the dock. It's the job of the harbor pilot to get the ship out of the harbor. A Baltimore harbor pilot was on board and in charge of maneuvering the ship out of the harbor at the time of the accident.

[@justinschnacker6634]

Interesting... The new High voltage transmission lines installed last year, have some protection, or barrier. I flew the google maps and saw this. Wonder why this was not done for the bridge?

[@FreedomForMaryland]

Because BGE/Constellation Energy is a private company who installed those lines. The bridge is maintained by the state government.

[@DavidD-qr2vn]

The force that hit with was tremendous, notice how much of the ship caved in.

[@polarbeezy412]

What are you talking about? A ROAD and STEEL fell on it, obviously it's going to cave in. The damage where it's caved in is from vertical, not horizontal.

[@ryansilke]

@@polarbeezy412 That gash on the starboard bow was probably where the ship hit the steel bridge pier.

[@DavidD-qr2vn]

@polarbeezy412 the caved portion I am referring is below the deck. The whole left bow side of the ship is caved where it grounded on the pylon base. Yea, there is damage to the top from the bridge falling, but nothing compared to how much it is pushed in.

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

@@DavidD-qr2vnPier, not pylon

[@GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath]

The part that was supposed to protect the piers from damage was not damaged. It was designed wrong as far as high ships are concerned and served no purpose except for protecting from relatively small vessels that would not have brought the whole bridge down anyway. There is a reason why bumpers on cars protrude and are a certain distance off the ground

[@allmybasketsinoneegg]

A pretty serious reminder of how gargantuan some container ships truly are. Even mostly hollow to stay floating, that ship will be 1/10 the weight of the bridge or more.

[@shawkatiqbal3320]

Good day, Reference Scott Bridge disaster: I have crossed under the bridge many a times, even as master of these size container vessel. if someone puts the incident in simulation, they would find; that the vessel's propulsion came back with 3 ship's length space from bridge but she was put on full astern. This made the vsl lose further steerageway also cant to stbd and hit the bridge. On the other hand a bold decision of short burst of half ahead movement could have corrected the course brought the bow towards channel center line and steered the vessel from this disaster. This is my opinion after checking raw marine traffic data.

[@greenmirror5555]

Under simulation could bow thrusters turn this ship around the dolphins and into the support structure?

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

Isn't that what did in the Titanic? She might have been able to steer around the iceberg if she'd kept forward power on but she went full astern instead and veered into the berg.

[@keshermedia]

Excellent footage, thank you! On a positive note it "appears" (at this time) as though the bridge design and build worked correctly and came down as expected for this exact scenario. Perhaps the rigid structures and roadway still standing can be used again, thus saving constable time and cost. 💁 ... Many prayers for those lost and for their families. 🙏🙏🙏

[@lewisdoherty7621]

The problem is obvious: There are the dolphins to stop ships, but they are so far in front of the bridge's piers, the ship went around the one on the ship's starboard side and hit the pier. At 5:22, look at the dolphin and then look at the angle of the ship at which the ship hit the piers. See the round concrete things in the water. Those are bumpers called dolphins. They should be close to the piers, but with a gap to prevent the collision entry from being transmitted to the piers.

[@zyeborm]

You'll probably find the distance they are away from the bridge is exactly the gap you have described for a fully laden runaway ship. This was a perfect storm with the rate of turn of the ship.

[@jamesalles139]

thanks for being there.

[@oldschoolman1444]

The bridge supports sure didn't seem to have much protection around the base in the event of an impact. The power line towers had better safeguards!

[@jonathanhodges836]

The boat is 20 times the size! What I uld atop that?

[@M0TTS1292]

The power lines were also recently put up, within the last year or so

[@jonathanhodges836]

@@M0TTS1292 and a large boat turned directly I to a bridge so

[@zyeborm]

Next to the power lines you will see the "concrete dolphins" designed to protect the bridge from a runaway ship. They got very unlucky here with the ship turning at exactly the rate needed for them to miss the protections.

[@dubious6718]

@@zyeborm "Unlucky"

[@SpringIsBACK]

Does anyone know what direction and speed the current / tide was @ the time of the accident?

[@tremorsfan]

Imagine how much worse it would have been if it had happened at morning rush hour.

[@cattnipp]

3:48 boat alongside the Dali needs to watch for falling cargo containers.

[@northernsnow6982]

Being that close, he would be trying to catch them, not watching to see if they fall. If the containers fell, that boat would be crushed. Bahaha 🤣😂😅 It is likely the boat that brought the assessment crew to board the cargo ship. Possible to transport people back to land from the ship. But it's definitely not sitting there waiting for those containers to fall on it.

[@cattnipp]

yes but why track the side of the vessel that close? Why not head 100 yards away first? This is the same stupid complacency that allows a bridge pylon to go unprotected from foreseeable ship collisions. @@northernsnow6982

[@davidsantor1760]

What was the safety factor on construction of this bridge? 4 , 6 or 8 ?

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

3.6034 +/- 5%

[@royhindmarsh4087]

poor ship. now every one can drive around the long way for years

[@diane8937]

It won't take nearly that long!

[@dubious6718]

@@diane8937 Time will tell... maybe in 2025.

[@northernsnow6982]

​@@diane8937You think this will be rebuilt in less than a year? No, it will be years before anyone drives across a bridge in that location. They still need to take down whatever hasn't fallen before they can think about starting to rebuild. Demolition above water isn't easy, especially with all the environmental issues around it. It may seem odd after this situation, but they can't allow stuff to fall in the water when demolishing things. Plus, they have to recover as much of the old bridge as possible. They can't just leave it there blocking the shipping lane. There is a lot of work to do in that situation, besides just building a new bridge.

[@daveyjuice7710]

I notice the north section snapped saving part of it but the south section collapsed in five seconds. Were they constructed by different methods or standards.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

The whole continuous main span fell. What you see standing is the viaduct approaches which are just isolated segments resting on piers.

[@ddh2o759]

This tragic accident highlights the vulnerability of a key pier.

[@tambrosia]

shows our bridges can be brought down in a heartbeat and can cripple our nation. Just remember folks Demorats have allowed chinese companies to run our ports and in some cases bridges too...no problem with that now is there eh Joey

[@6allmotivepowers363]

Wow. It'll certainly be interesting to know just what caused this calamity (aside from the obvious).

[@smytb]

They will Never release the full details to the public! 😢

[@Airplanefish]

​@smytb yes they will. It will be at least 18 months but you will be able to read everything

[@smytb]

@@Airplanefish The government never tells the truth!

[@jimhofoss9982]

@@Airplanefish yah, there will be an official report….the reason why it happened will not be exposed

[@northernsnow6982]

Poor infrastructure, and no use of tugboats. That's what caused this.

[@28th_St_Air]

Can you imagine the number and volume of the “oh F#!&$” screamed by the people in the ship’s bridge as it started to bring down the Key Bridge?

[@MrShipBuff]

Probably everyone was running around frantically trying to get the power back on, putting the engines in full reverse and turning hard to port.

[@Bonjour-World]

at least one 'Oh Shinola'

[@marksapollo]

I imagine the crew are quite traumatised for it causing the death of several people. They will all most likely still be on board too ensuring the ship remains afloat etc. looking after the containers as I expect some have hazardous or frozen goods

[@jamesdean780]

One question. Why was the protective barrier around the uprights holding the bridge not wide enough to stop or deflect the ship. Especially with the history ot these incidents in the U.S. over the years.

[@Rimrock300]

Limited resources, risk vs damage/cost assessments. One have to chose where to put the money, can't fix or secure all. Sadly.

[@scottscouter1065]

MAYBE when the bridge is rebuilt it will have ISLANDS around the bases of the towers like the islands around the power line towers. The design and construction of bridge supports NEVER anticipated ships as massive as the MV Dali squeezing past the supports. RETROFITTING barrier islands? WAS it ever even considered?

[@mikehawk4714]

Need to ban bridges. People are dying.

[@kareno8634]

Islands sound like good idea. Ship is Not even Big, compared to the Mammoth ones being built. They're causing issues, Ports now not deep enough.

[@scottscouter1065]

Sometime bridges are needed. Losing teeth is a real bummer!

[@Manigo1743]

@@mikehawk4714 More people are killed by cars, so we need to ban those too, right?

[@bazzer621]

Looked to me that instead of powering forward, which would have given the ship steering, they were trying to stop it, which is impossible!

[@ManiacRacing]

The cause of this is simple: MONEY. Politicians didnt want to spend the money on infrastructure, especially on stuff like this that gives no instant voter triggering boost when implemented.

[@northernsnow6982]

The government is lucky this didn't happen during a busy part of the day then. They would have lost so much money in tax paying citizens lives. Just the 20 people who lost their lives, would have paid over $10,000,000 in taxes throughout their lives. I wonder how much they could have built up around the 2 pillars, or how many trips tugboats could have guided ships into open water, with that money? That's just the money from the 20 people lost. The bridges where I live are older than this one was, and they've got way more protection at the base of the bridge supports. No container ship is taking down our bridges. If they did, they would travelling way faster than a boat is allowed in port areas.

[@SterileNeutrino]

That bridge may have had a chance against a 70's freighter but a superfat container ship like that, no contest. Prayers to the people who found themselves on the bridge at that moment.

[@MaxPivovarov]

Almost everywhere in the world they use a sandbank around the bulls of the bridge, to prevent such incidents. If the depth near the bulls was 8-9 meters, then the ship would just run aground and would not have destroyed the bull.

[@skunkjobb]

No they don't, most bridges don't have that. Not only because of cost but that such underwater fill would constrict the flow of the water. It is used sometimes yes but it's not a common thing.

[@Madwonk]

Port of Baltimore is already extremely narrow. Having a sandbank would make it impossible to get in and out.

[@Tholapsyx]

To add to what everyone said, tide is a thing 😐. Way too many armchair experts around here.

[@renefridge]

How do you begin cleaning that up!

[@TRADERJEJ]

Hmm... massive ramparts around the power poles but nothing more than the pillar footings on the bridge??

[@cinquine1]

They are newer. Safety standards are constantly improving, but it's rare that people go back and fix the old problems

[@johnsnow1406]

the ability to resist impaction force from ships is one of bridge pier design requirement. I am wondering does this impaction force surpass the capability provided by design? If so, how we are going to deal with the reality?

[@karlbrundage7472]

The fact that no buttresses were in place on this bridge, after the Sunshine-Skyway disaster is a damning condemnation of the people who control our infrastructure, from the state departments of transportation, to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the Federal Department of Transportation and yes, the National Transportation Safety Board. You own this

[@cybercityoedo808]

As usual they wait for something catastrophic to happen before they do something. I've used this bridge a couple times and never thought it was one ship collision away from collapsing... Could not imagine just minding my business and having the road collapse from under me.

[@karlbrundage7472]

@@cybercityoedo808 Because all of us have been led to believe that the "authorities" are on top of all of this and they're always working to "keep us safe". No, they're working to keep their Unions, corporations and special interests safe. If you think there's a dichotomy between "worker" and "employer", just look at the makeup of the current NLRB. No, "Big Business" and "Labor" have gotten together and they run the current government. Fortunately, those of us out here in rural America have plenty of guns and clear fields of fire. Good luck to the rest of you......................

[@jonathanhodges836]

Thise big ships aren't supposes to go through u shitheel!

[@kevindepew8193]

You can't make everything accident proof. We don't have infinite funds to spend a fortune making everything safer every time a disaster happens.

[@jonathanhodges836]

@@kevindepew8193 a boat turning directly into a main structure is no accident

[@LurkerPatrol]

I live near this bridge and would often go to Hawkins point to enjoy the scenery, which was great esp at sunset. I flew my drone here once and thought man I hated the footage, I should go back one of these days and get another shot. Now I never can. We need to start reducing the sizes of these ships, they're becoming insanely untenable and dangerous. Ships need to be escorted past important infrastructure like this on tugs.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

You realize it's because of these super-large ships -- many are much bigger -- that you can buy a powerful computer to carry in your hip pocket for a few hundred bucks.

[@dre-oj1998]

That container ship is 3 times the size of container ships around the time the bridge was built.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

It's crazy how the ship gives it a little poke, and the entire thing comes crashing down.

[@GodBlessedAmerica]

This is why vessels of this size should be escorted to open waters by tug boats. Sure is less expensive.

[@Rimrock300]

Risk vs damage/cost assessment. In this location not found worthwhile

[@Pasandeeros]

That looks mighty expensive.

[@izukukageyama7552]

Am I the only one vaguely curious about what exactly was in those front port cargo containers that got completely eviscerated?

[@kristinebalena3969]

I thought some kind of truck, but that could be false. I read Maersk customer supplies, including trucks, propellers etc.

[@lesliemacmillan9932]

Probably plastic water bottles and yogurt tubs heading for the Orient to be "recycled" for pretends.

[@scotf7313]

Noticed overhead power cables before bridge , could they have been a factor in ship losing power if it hit the cables.

[@witchqueen8576]

Just have tugs guide past the bridge

[@robertbrown7470]

Where is the video of this ship running into the bridge? These are after photos.

[@blancolirio]

Look at how easily the bridge failed, and the container ship barely scratched!

[@PeterLGଈ]

Did you not see the whole starboard forequarter caved in? That was no scratch!

[@AndreiTupolev]

That bow looks pretty crumpled

[@hassocks1206]

It could have been a lot worse. But the loss of one life is too many. My thoughts are with those who died and their families.😢