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Incredible how fast the bridge came down.
Author:
Iggle
(11272 Posts - Joined: Sep 14, 2007)
Posted at 7:30 am on Mar 26, 2024
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And is now probably completely blocking the entire port of Baltimore
Replies to: "Incredible how fast the bridge came down."
Crazy and awful situation in Baltimore with Singapore cargo ship hitting and taking down Key bridge.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 7:05am 3/26/24
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More on the 'Not So Good' ship Dali...
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TyroneIrish
- 9:10pm 3/26/24
This wasn't the first time the Dali had major issues
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ndunabomber
- 1:28pm 3/26/24
Maybe the ships are getting too big
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holybull101
- 4:33pm 3/26/24
The bridge pier didn't have a fender system at all. The DE Memorial Bridge is getting one that will
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Cole
- 11:30am 3/26/24
Seriously doubt it would stop a 100,000 ton ship going 8 knots
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WoodstockIrish
- 7:21pm 3/26/24
Constructed properly, it would
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Mark
- 7:49pm 3/26/24
Horrible. No river pilots used in Baltimore?
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conorlarkin
- 8:33am 3/26/24
WSJ reports that 2 pilots were on board.
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NedoftheHill
- 11:32am 3/26/24
Yep. Had also posted a BBC report below stating same.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 11:33am 3/26/24
Just now saw your other post. You get full credit!
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NedoftheHill
- 11:35am 3/26/24
All good information. Just trying to fill in the story of how this could happen.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 11:38am 3/26/24
It seems to have lost power like 30 seconds before impact.
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Iggle
- 9:24am 3/26/24
They should never be near that position and had to lose control some time earlier than that power…
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TakethetrainKnute
- 9:34am 3/26/24
I'm not sure a river pilot exists that could guide a ship like that.
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AlbanyIRISH
- 8:37am 3/26/24
The river pilots regularly board the cargo ships coming up the Delaware.
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conorlarkin
- 8:39am 3/26/24
All major U.S. harbors have Harbor Pilots for large ships.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 9:02am 3/26/24
Correct
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Mark
- 7:53pm 3/26/24
Including Duluth?
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ELP
- 9:53am 3/26/24
Even Duluth...
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TakethetrainKnute
- 10:07am 3/26/24
I watch on occasion the entry and departure of the big boys at Duluth on youtube. Love it.
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ELP
- 11:52am 3/26/24
This bridge is south of the harbor, 695 -- from Sparrows Point to Fort Armistead.
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conorlarkin
- 9:24am 3/26/24
Two pilots on board.
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TakethetrainKnute
- 11:16am 3/26/24
Checking and Maryland did have a Bay Pilot ground a vessel, the Ever Forward, just last year…
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TakethetrainKnute
- 9:31am 3/26/24
I'm sure they had local pilots aboard.
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AlbanyIRISH
- 9:29am 3/26/24
Who knows?
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Mark
- 7:55pm 3/26/24
Incredible how fast the bridge came down.
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Iggle
- 7:30am 3/26/24
Shocking. Like a jenga tower tumbling apart.
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conorlarkin
- 12:33pm 3/26/24
Structural failure at the precisely wrong point
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Mark
- 7:57pm 3/26/24
That’s pretty obviously true.
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Frank L
- 9:44pm 3/26/24