Dramatic Bridge Collapse in Maryland . - Casualties reported.

Sounds like a combination of bridge or boat workers and public vehicles may have gone into the river.
That is shocking footage. Hope no one has been killed.
 
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.
 
Nero said:
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.
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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.
 
Cardiffdaffs said:
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.
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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.
 
boroboy6872 said:
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

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Doesn’t look like there were any vehicles on the bridge. Hopefully it was closed off.
 
Nero said:
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.
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One of the ships I worked on hit an oil platform despite there being more than a full complement on the bridge and a raft of protocols in place for approaching platforms.

Listening to the black box recording it was clear that those involved didn't follow the rules, weren't fully concentrating on what they were doing and by the time they realised their mistakes were incapable of correcting them. When the guy who was actually manoeuvring the ship realised a collision was imminent he froze and just kept saying "oh f*ck, oh f*ck" until the ship hit.
 
uncle_rico said:
Doesn’t look like there were any vehicles on the bridge. Hopefully it was closed off.
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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.

Edit: Report just now that a tanker was driving across the bridge and has spilled its diesel into the river
 
Yes. There, unfortunately, appears to be flashing yellow lights (maintenance, road works?) on the bridge which went down into the water after the collapse. Terrible news.
 
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