What was the ship captain's plan here? Just ram through the bridge?
Looks like the captain might have had little control and/or been distracted, what with the ship being on fire at the time.
Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses
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#32I had a hunch this was the bridge featured in The Wire s2e1, "Ebb Tide". Classic McNulty; a great season opener. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebb_Tide_(The_Wire)
Greatest tv series ever. And when you rewatch it, you notice new things.
Re: Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses
#33This has been confirmed by local authorities: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/26/major-bridge-in-baltimore-co... https://twitter.com/TheMDTA/status/1772524001815920876
As of right now, that page starts out with a photo of an entirely different bridge of the same name from Washington DC, quite confusing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Bridge_(Washington,_D.C .) (hn breaks the trailing parenthesis in the link) Edit: they removed the photo.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Already roughly 75 edits since the collapse.
It makes me wonder what goes through someone's head when one sees a mass casualty event like this, and your first instinct is to rush to Wikipedia to change the article to past tense ('was' a bridge).
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#37DALI (IMO: 9697428) is a Container Ship and is sailing under the flag of Singapore. Her length overall (LOA) is 299.92 meters and her width is 48.2 meters [1]. Based on the track, it appears the ship changed course slightly and slowed as it approached the bridge [2]. [1] https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:28... [2] https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:2810451/zoo...
That's clear in the livestream video too. It's like it was fairly on track then changed to head straight for the pylon. A lot of smoke starts coming out of the funnel at the same time as the course change, and the ship's lights go out before impact.
Re: Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses
#38This has been confirmed by local authorities: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/26/major-bridge-in-baltimore-co... https://twitter.com/TheMDTA/status/1772524001815920876
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#39Was anyone driving across? I didn't notice car headlights on the bridge, but...
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The guardian clip says vehicles were on the bridge.
Re: Baltimore's Key Bridge struck by cargo ship, collapses
#40https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_(Balt...
Already roughly 75 edits since the collapse.
What impressed me was that it looks like openstreetmap shows the bridge as down already.