Maryland's Key Bridge collapses after it was struck by a container ship

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Shocking footage. Maryland's Key Bridge collapses after it was struck by a container ship.

pic.twitter.com/u8xXrhICJu

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) March 26, 2024

SITUATION REPORT: BALTIMORE BRIDGE COLLAPSE

- At 1:28 a.m. ET, a large container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

- Large parts of the bridge immediately collapsed, sending multiple vehicles into the water, including a group of construction workers.

-… pic.twitter.com/QGHPeCyQLR

— BNO News (@BNONews) March 26, 2024

[2bikemike]

Originally Posted by ultimate175

No tugs? Maybe not into the harbor far enough yet?

I believe it was exiting the harbor.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

I'm sure there's more to it but this is what I could find at the moment.

IMPLICATIONS OF #KeyBridgeCollapse: "This is going to be catastrophic for many reasons," one resident said.
"Number one, the harbor's blocked. Number two, we're not going to get any more new car deliveries at this time. Amazon is just on the other side of the river and you can… pic.twitter.com/KNGYibLhTe

— Stephon Dingle WJZ (@Stephon_Dingle) March 26, 2024

The Beltway is already a parking lot. They might have to go into a pandemic style of life when it comes to travel.

[KC_Lee]

Some info regarding lack of tug boats.

Ships are not required to have tugboat escorts when passing under the Francis Scott Key Bridge so they have limited ability to slow down on their own when they lose power and can not put the propeller into reverse.

More at link; https://gcaptain.com/ship-lost-contr...timore-bridge/

[2bikemike]

Just read there were 20 construction workers filling potholes on the bridge at the time. They also estimate there were about 20 cars on the bridge at the time.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-collapse.html

[wazu]

Originally Posted by notorious

Where did I say "Terrorist Attack"?

You didn't specifically, but what else are you "suspicious" of? Some new kind of serial killer?

Originally Posted by notorious

Very suspicious. Too much of a coincidence.

Originally Posted by notorious

An entire sea voyage and it happens to lose power in that situation?

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by DaFace

It says something about the state of discourse in our country that they felt the need to call out his political affiliation as if that's somehow relevant.

Happens all the time.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida...es-2018-03-20/

https://apnews.com/article/niagara-f...a4d96eccd179b9

[scho63]

I think there are many cruise ships that use that port too. They are ****ed.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ping2000

I doubt the Captain was piloting the ship. Probably the Harbor Pilot. Sounds like the ship just lost power.

I was just about to comment that it would likely be the harbor pilot in charge of the ship. That person is going to know everything about the terrain and the currents, so it had to be a ship malfunction.

Maybe the ship lost power. (Checks thread.) Yeah, that might be it.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by 2bikemike

https://news.yahoo.com/live-updates-...143614239.html

Wow, that's interesting about limiting traffic. I wonder how they did that.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by notorious

Very suspicious. Too much of a coincidence.

Seriously? FFS.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by ping2000

I doubt the Captain was piloting the ship. Probably the Harbor Pilot. Sounds like the ship just lost power.

Not sure the harbor pilot gets onboard that early. My sister has a female friend that is a harbor pilot master at Port of Philly/Delaware and I believe she takes over within a short distant when she boards the ship. She makes insane amounts of money. Dangerous job.

[suzzer99]

Gov. Wes Moore confirms that the ship's crew issued a mayday and communicated they were experiencing a power issue, enabling transportation officials to halt traffic over the bridge. "These people are heroes. They saved lives last night," Moore said.

— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) March 26, 2024

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by 2bikemike

Just read there were 20 construction workers filling potholes on the bridge at the time. They also estimate there were about 20 cars on the bridge at the time.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-collapse.html

They just said on TV that they were able to close the bridge, and from the video, it looks like no cars or trucks were on the bridge aside from the construction trucks filling potholes. 6 construction workers unaccounted for, 2 survivors.

[ping2000]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I was just about to comment that it would likely be the harbor pilot in charge of the ship. That person is going to know everything about the terrain and the currents, so it had to be a ship malfunction.



Maybe the ship lost power. (Checks thread.) Yeah, that might be it.

I hadn't read the whole thread yet, so I missed the 32,000 mentions of potential power loss. Oops!

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by RedRaider56

Crazy shit. If the fall doesn't kill the folks, falling into all sorts of twisted metal certainly will.

I imagine there's a decent chance your car would get pinned underneath the top half of the bridge that falls on top of you... terrifying.