Bridge down,video.

[John Gryphon]

Search on for survivors in Baltimore bridge collapse after container ship crashes into pylon

Six construction workers who were on a bridge in Baltimore remain missing after a container ship crashed into it and caused it to collapse into a river, authorities in the north-eastern US city say.

www.abc.net.au

 

[basil]

Unbelievable.
Hope casualty numbers are minimal. You would think that you would only see this in films.

 

[downwind]

Oo-err, my big Bro is in Delaware just now(next door) on holiday!!
Edit, Just sent a message.

 

[Morkai]

Fell on the spot like any animal does to the mighty Creedmoor.

 

[John Gryphon]

Ships name is thirtycalla

 

[Freeforester]

R is for Risk Assessment, also Right -RIGHT! RIGHT! FFS!

Looked like they needed to paint the Plimsoll line a bit further up the side too, was it meant to be going under that bridge? Looked close, could of course be the parallax/optical illusion thing going on.

 

[Tazz]

Search on for survivors in Baltimore bridge collapse after container ship crashes into pylon

Six construction workers who were on a bridge in Baltimore remain missing after a container ship crashed into it and caused it to collapse into a river, authorities in the north-eastern US city say.

www.abc.net.au

It’s a reminder that no matter what level of Tech you have on modern ships, sh^t still happens and that is likely to include fatalities unfortunately. The captain, navigator and the ships insurance company are about to start a very bad week

 

[mealiejimmy]

Apparently the ship was on a straight course to pass safely under the bridge when it suddenly slowed down, veered to starboard, all its lights went out and flame was seen coming from its funnel
Looks like engine failure at the worst possible moment
There were two pilots aboard at the time of the impact, but if there was a complete power failure, there's not much they or anybody else could have done about it

Cheers

Bruce

 

[tim@tcs]

Security footage from the ships emergency power control panel has been released!

 

[Freeforester]

Analysis

 

[John Gryphon]

Of course it is not without precedent. I remember this Tassy incident well especially the photo of the two cars that stopped on the edge, others were not so lucky.

That would have been one huge 'PHEW'

'Amazing to see': Divers capture vision of sharks, ship that brought down Tasman Bridge

New vision emerges of the ship which brought down Hobart's Tasman Bridge more than 40 years ago, showing a wreck teeming with marine life including gill sharks.

www.abc.net.au

 

[StephenToast]

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Security footage from the ships emergency power control panel has been released!

Ha ha ha ha ha loads of people died because of a cat! What a hilarious joke that is. Well done!

 

[tim@tcs]

Ha ha ha ha ha loads of people died because of a cat! What a hilarious joke that is. Well done!

Seven apparently and I take it black humour is beyond your ken?

 

[potshotpat]

Seven apparently and I take it black humour is beyond your ken?

Nothing to do with the ships cat. Pilots swerved for a Duck. From a cartoon in Private Eye 20 + years ago.