I was interested in how exactly this happened so I'm making a thread about it.

The mv dali left port escorted by 2 tugs who broke off before getting to the Key bridge. Presenter says that's not uncommon. The vessel lost power twice while approaching the bridge. Apparently this could be due to any number of factors, but there is redundancy in the generators. There should be backups, and backups for the backups because what the hell would they do in the middle of the ocean with no power?

This could have been caused by the Captain. There's no doubt the engineers maintaining the generators messed up because they didn't automatically work. You can see the lights go off and come back on twice which means the generators weren't setup properly.

They dropped anchor some distance away from the bridge which arguably made the situation worse. A ship will start turning without power because the water is acting against the rudder. The presenter says wind could also have been a factor. It was headed straight in between those pylons before it lost power.

It is unknown if they gained rudder control when the power briefly came back on. We can see a large column of smoke when they restart the engine. So in hindsight if they dropped anchor and gave full reverse power to the aft it arguably made the situation worse. They should have focused on regaining rudder control.

The presenter describes the situation as a liability nightmare. The shipping company is Maersk. Owners are Grace Ocean Singapore based company and I've read that the company is managed by Synergy Maritime Group which has a page on their website dedicated to DEI.

The black mayor of Baltimore got on TV looking like a 3rd string JV safety and called the indians "heroes". This used to be a decent country. The NTSB is prioritizing the "environmental impact" of the accident. Why not?

The ships on either side of the bridge will be stuck there for quite a while. The rescue operation for people on the bridge has officially been changed to a recovery operation which has to be concluded before decoupling the bridge from the dv Mali.

Tin foil hat on. There is a military instillation in the harbor north of the bridge where vessels are stuck. I'm unaware what class of ship but there are two boats stuck in harbor and one outside. If not purposely stranded it could possibly be used to attack the east Coast while defenses are stuck. At this point it seems like a reach but it is worth mentioning.

Presenter and guests are not optimistic about this being prevented in the future. No bridges susceptible to the same disaster will be retrofitting with protection and by the time the bridge is rebuilt everyone will have forgotten.

I was interested in how exactly this happened so I'm making a thread about it.

The mv dali left port escorted by 2 tugs who broke off before getting to the Key bridge. Presenter says that's not uncommon. The vessel lost power twice while approaching the bridge. Apparently this could be due to any number of factors, but there is redundancy in the generators. There should be backups, and backups for the backups because what the hell would they do in the middle of the ocean with no power?

This could have been caused by the Captain. There's no doubt the engineers maintaining the generators messed up because they didn't automatically work. You can see the lights go off and come back on twice which means the generators weren't setup properly.

They dropped anchor some distance away from the bridge which arguably made the situation worse. A ship will start turning without power because the water is acting against the rudder. The presenter says wind could also have been a factor. It was headed straight in between those pylons before it lost power.

It is unknown if they gained rudder control when the power briefly came back on. We can see a large column of smoke when they restart the engine. So in hindsight if they dropped anchor and gave full reverse power to the aft it arguably made the situation worse. They should have focused on regaining rudder control.

The presenter describes the situation as a liability nightmare. The shipping company Maersk is apparently different than the ship owners. It's a sri lanka based company and I've read that the company is managed by Synergy Maritime Group which has a page on their website dedicated to DEI.

The black mayor of Baltimore got on TV looking like a 3rd string JV safety and called the indians "heroes". This used to be a decent country. The NTSB is prioritizing the "environmental impact" of the accident. Why not?

The ships on either side of the bridge will be stuck there for quite a while. The rescue operation for people on the bridge has officially been changed to a recovery operation which has to be concluded before decoupling the bridge from the dv Mali.

Tin foil hat on. There is a military instillation in the harbor north of the bridge where vessels are stuck. I'm unaware what class of ship but there are two boats stuck in harbor and one outside. If not purposely stranded it could possibly be used to attack the east Coast while defenses are stuck. At this point it seems like a reach but it is worth mentioning.

Presenter and guests are not optimistic about this being prevented in the future. No bridges susceptible to the same disaster will be retrofitting with protection and by the time the bridge is rebuilt everyone will have forgotten.