Cardiffdaffs
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Unfolding story now on the US East Coast - bridge collapse in Baltimore after collision by a ship.
According to news reports the container ship had only just left port. The pilot must have fallen asleep to have got that so dramatically wrong.The thing went down like a pack of cards!
What the bloody hell was happening on the ship for that to occur. The Bridge (on the ship) is permanently occupied with people on watch.
Most likely a total failure of systems if it has just left port. Usually the bridge is full of people at that point. The Captain will have been about, plus the pilot and officers on watch.According to news reports the container ship had only just left port. The pilot must have fallen asleep to have got that so dramatically wrong.
Potentially a power management failure and the auto recovery hasn’t kicked in. Hard to say or course.
Doesn’t look like there were any vehicles on the bridge. Hopefully it was closed off.Full port footage of the terrible incident
Timestamp on the clock showing ship approach around 1.22am in the top left corner, bridge collapse at 1.29am
Shocking footage
Hope their are survivors
There were a couple of cars go through jsut before it hits. But you're right, didn't look like anyone was on it at the timeDoesn’t look like there were any vehicles on the bridge. Hopefully it was closed off.
Most likely a total failure of systems if it has just left port. Usually the bridge is full of people at that point. The Captain will have been about, plus the pilot and officers on watch.
A longer bit of footage of the incident you see a few vehicles driving over but they appeared to get across before the collapse. Sadly you can make out maintenance vehicle lights flashing on the bridge.Doesn’t look like there were any vehicles on the bridge. Hopefully it was closed off.