Maryland state governor Wes Moore has said that a cargo ship lost power before smashing into one of the columns supporting the landmark Francis Scott Key Bridge in the city of Baltimore, causing its collapse.
Several vehicles were crossing the bridge when the container ship collided with one of its supports. Six people are unaccounted for and a number of vehicles fell into the water.
Officials said the ship suffered a “power issue” and issued a Mayday distress call moments before the crash. Boats and helicopters are part of a huge search and rescue effort searching for the missing people. The authorities said they were part of a construction crew repairing potholes at the time the bridge collapsed.
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Two people were pulled from the water, with one in a serious condition.
The Singapore-flagged container ship, Dali, struck a support column on the bridge after departing from the terminal at Port Breeze, bound for Sri Lanka.
A US federal government agency said the vessel “lost propulsion” as it was leaving the port. The crew then warned Maryland transport officials of a possible collision, according to an unclassified Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency report on the incident.
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September 13th 2024. Investigators find loose electrical cable on MV Dali, when disconnected causes an electrical outage throughout the ship. This is the probable cause of the electrical outlet that caused the whole incident to happen. Now they had problems with their electrical system while at dock but decided to continue with their voyage and fix it while underway.
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Voltax boy president of America unbelievable
Baltimore Larry fishbird, rose bend there
Power fail? How so?? A ship that size needs tug boats to maneuver that tight space .. definently a hijacking while someone tried to stop them by cutting power
the caseoh bridge
This was a terrorist act that the government his hiding.
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obiden has blood in their hands on this.
it's obviously a cyber attack!!
it's rather idiotic to 100% depending on digital and letting the Internet to control the ship orientation. This should be a great lesson to spore flagged ship n humanity, Stop 100% reliying on digital technologies and Internet. please wake up
no tugs that is against federal law this was rigged also no pilot on board another violation agaon rigged why Biden not doing nothing to have charges
IT’S NOT BREAKING NEWS ANYMORE!!!!!
Is it 2005? Why is the BBC still uploading videos at 720p?
This is the time for China to show compassion to the USA by offering its expertise in building the replacement bridge with advanced design, safety features and superior construction technology 😅
The bridge meant to protect u from water ..is in water.😮
Since there were no billowing oceanic waves present in the water that night, where did the force(s) come from to knock the ship off its initial trajectory towards the open waters and redirect it towards the bridge pillar?
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I never prayed for this to happen but Americans will surely pay for the lives of Gaza people😢it’s just the beginning🥲
AI 🙄
Baloney.
Just like in Antwerp Harbour ???
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Why werent the construction workers warned to get off the beidge??
Ну американцы, ну выдумщики, и тут преуспели 😂😂😂
Its like a GTA now, you cant go to the other city bc bridge is broken.
I would be interested in why there was traffic on the bridge. There are even idiots in leading positions in America. This, exactly this is a sample of true America. Incompetent bunch of idiots.
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That was a cyber-attack NPCs
So Sad 😔😔😔😔😢
This ship should have never been released to from the port for operation without a full inspection to determine if it could operate on its own power. Now I know how expensive it is to hold a sjip like this over but just think how much it will cost to settle all of those court cases and how much onboard freight is going to go bad by not being delivered.
Every time it's the company being greedy and making 1 person do the job of 4 people, working 16 hours a day and bribing the government to deregulate to the point of critical failure. Then they are going to nuke 3 entry level positions, blame the whole thing on them, and everyone in-charge gets an exit bonus and gets a promotion in their friend's company with a pay increase becasue the stock value went up before this. Every single time.
Why were the construction workers still on the bridge? A mayday issued, traffic stopped, why were they not called off?
and I said it: there will be power outages on the northern hemisphere, caused by sun storms. Titanic by the way is thought to have had such a moment too and nothing was working according to plan (compasses, etc.) , I can bet this was similar… yes people want it to be a terror attack so bad… but this is the Internet, hello to misinformation… to bots, AI and Putin's army… you forget that we live on a planet full of nature and natural events, and this going to be your downfall in the very end, nature is punishing it's inhabitants who only torture it day in day out…
this was a nature event, and maybe some other factors put together…
Another of this kind of event was Tesla's factory in Germany. But nobody gets it… well, nobody needs to understand. Nature will cause havoc no matter what until nothing is left….
only very sad that nobody listens to what nature has to say. And still I am indefinitely sad for these innocent people on the bridge. They would have deserved better. I am a witch who did not drown exactly two times, (!) in a deep lake both times, so this hits near home… not made for this world is what I am, everything is just so sad and even if I know things before they happen, I never can help anybody… since mostly I am far away from where it happens. … I just hate my life. I had two dreams which told me what was to come, but it was too late anyway… a day/night before it. what is the use of it… .🤨😥😓 sorry, I am just having a nervous breakdown inside because this is so deeply sad.
power failures are going to be more often, since the sun is much more active and much more sun storms await the earth, that is basically a very normal incident during the next months, they say the sun will be much more active and it can cause outages and such things a plenty. It is terribly sad, but we will have to live with the fact. There is going to be more incidences like this one… only if people are prepared they can maybe prevent more of these…
my heart goes out to all these families and people who had to endure this terrible incident.
As someone who almost drowned as a child, this really makes me terribly sad.
Deep state terror attacks continue.
Deep state had absolutely nothing to do with this, it was a completely freak accident folks. 😢
Ain't that right BBC ?
Oh it's THE RACIST BRIDGE…..
Her: It doesn't fit.
Him: Hold my beer.
Few moments later.
lets see which country they try to pin this on 3 main choices russia china or iran the scripts are too easy to work out these days
BBC, was this news verified? You don't need to blame someone this time?