Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore) Hit by Ship / Collapses

ctechbob

ctechbob

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I hope no one is planning on RV'ing through Baltimore anytime in the near future.

Breaking news from 0127 this morning. Container ship took out the bridge.




Wow... not really any words to describe that, hopefully it is just a crazy accident.

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saw that story as soon as I started reading email this morning.
That is one of those things in life that just makes you think, wow, how can this happen.

reality is it has happened quite a few times
 
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ctechbob said:
I hope no one is planning on RV'ing through Baltimore anytime in the near future.

Breaking news from 0127 this morning. Container ship took out the bridge.




Wow... not really any words to describe that, hopefully it is just a crazy accident.

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just saw this video a few minutes ago. its better than what was available this morning... gives a good idea how fast the ship was moving when it lost power..

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MSCH said:
just saw this video a few minutes ago. its better than what was available this morning... gives a good idea how fast the ship was moving when it lost power..

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Yea, about 7-10 knots from what I understand. Which is still a massive amount of energy to stop.
 
Posted this on BITOG as well:




Timestamps at the top of the video:

01:22:55 - Ship comes in to view
01:24:32 - Lights fade out on ship
01:25:31 - Lights come back on
01:25:45 - Smoke from stack increases massively
01:26:37 - Lights fade back off, smoke continues
01:27:10 - Lights back on
01:27:11 - Appears to begin departing from traveling straight
01:28:43 - Contact
 
ctechbob said:
Posted this on BITOG as well:




Timestamps at the top of the video:

01:22:55 - Ship comes in to view
01:24:32 - Lights fade out on ship
01:25:31 - Lights come back on
01:25:45 - Smoke from stack increases massively
01:26:37 - Lights fade back off, smoke continues
01:27:10 - Lights back on
01:27:11 - Appears to begin departing from traveling straight
01:28:43 - Contact
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yeah, lose power, lose steering and control.. 1 thing for sure is a ship doesn't steer or brake like a car and if you don't have power it is going to lose control.

there were two lake freighters ran aground near Detroit not that long ago, same story... lost power just didn't hit anything.
I remember way back ship took out the Tampa Bridge in Florida.. killed a bunch of people
and that ship that got itself stuck in the Suez Canal a few years ago?

www.freep.com

'Electronics malfunction' to blame for freighter mishap in Detroit River, Coast Guard says

Until repairs are made and the ship is cleared, it cannot continue on its voyage to Milwaukee, the Coast Guard said.
www.freep.com

www.detroitnews.com

Freighter runs aground near Belle Isle, Coast Guard says

The vessel carried about 21,000 tons of wheat, officials said.
www.detroitnews.com
 
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