Ship Lost Power Before Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore
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- Dali Lost Power Outbound from Baltimore
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March 26, 2024
In this episode - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the allision between MV Dali and the Baltimore Key Bridge.
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Zoomed in footage seems to show explosives detonating along the top of the bridge.
Why did the ship lose power? Right before the pylon?
@indigenous7046
There was a crew working on the bridge. Perhaps you're seeing the flashing lights around the Road Work Area ?
@@WackoPaco YES Thank you
What’s Happening?
The same thing that’s happening with Transportation in general.
Lack of maintenance & inspection.
PERIOD
This 6 minutes is more informative than 6 hours of news coverage I've watched ... Bravo my man!
Easily the best source
Agreed.
❤ just a prediction : When this bridge is finished being rebuilt ???? It will NOT be renamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge .
And watch how much time and money "government experts" spend coming up with the same conclusion.
MSM will NEVER tell you the truth?
I'm a trucker that lives here. I used that bridge every morning around that time while I worked at an Amazon AFP. I heard the massive boom and I didn't think anything of it until I took my brother to work, and I looked across the water, and there was no bridge. I thought I'd lost my mind, until I got home and saw the news.
Wow thank God you are alive right now! 🙏
Glad you are safe! 🙏
God bless you. I don't know you, but I'm happy that you are alive. Praying for those who were on the bridge during the moment of the collision. Such a fucked up month, so much evil in this world right now....
Glad you're safe.
No "EVIL" in this accident I am aware of............Paul
I’m from Baltimore and that bridge is a big deal to us Baltimoreans. It is part of our city skyline. I used to sit at the park downtown and try to spot it out from afar. It was a very beautiful bridge to see! I can’t believe it’s completely gone. Prayers for all the lives lost!
I'm sorry for what happened to your beautiful bridge.
Quit voting in criminals
I'm from Tasmania here in Australia. We had a similar thing happen to the Tasman bridge in Hobart, in my home state Tasmania. When on January 5th 1975 a ship known as " The Illawarra " side swiped into one the bridges pylons and bringing a section of the bridge crashing down onto the ship and falling into the water. At least 5 people were killed as a result. It took 2 years for repairs to the bridge to be made because a brand new section of the bridge had to be built. My condolences goes to all families who've lost loved ones in Baltimore ❤❤
I’m from San Francisco ,I can’t imagine no Golden Gate Bridge
It's going to be built back better...and bring back more jobs. This might be a great opportunity to rebuild something better
The boat is called Dali which is interesting as Dali has a painting called the broken bridge ... First Days of Spring 1945 ..
Gematria. The world is their stage 😏
When the power comes back on there is a massive amount of machinery to restart before the main engine can be restarted. as a retired senior engineering officer , i'm baffled by the loss of power , usual proceedure is to run extra generators , steering gear pumps etc while on standby , exactly to prevent situation like this.
Agree. As ex-Navy, I expected the ship's emergency diesel came online. Enough to power a select subset of lights and equipment. Not sure that rudder hydraulics & control would be on emergency power.
As an old Boatswains Mate who was a qualified Helmsman, losing steerage way in the channel is about the scariest thing I can image for the Bridge crew on the Sea and Anchor Detail !!
The power going out in mid channel is an sign of poor maintenance poor leadership and cutting corners.
@@77thTromboneC/E here. Emergency gen should start withing 45 seconds. That will power the emergency steering pump which may be a bit slower than main pump but you can still use the rudder. A blackout would not on the ships I work on cause loss of propulsion or propulsion control. But not worked on these very large single engine ships.
Terrorist maybe?
Agreed. We manned our "general quarters" stations (I forget the exact condition), where emergency diesel generators and steering had two sailors on watch each, coming in to and out of dock. I don't know how civilian ships configure for such contingencies.
"Dead In The Water"... that's a nightmare for a ship or boat, but those poor people traveling on the bridge....
My son is an Iron Worker and certified welder. He was doing work in that bridge 2 years ago. I just texted him to tell him I love him. If he hadn’t taken work in Texas he might have been up there this morning. Hug the ones you love.
Well said. You never know.
😂
Cut the bs
The ship was struck by electromagnetic pulses originating from Tectonic Plate activity (seismic event) which is what caused the bridge to collapse. People should evacuate the coastlines immediately. This is the result of a worldwide geological event that is causing the Atlantic ocean to widen and the Pacific to compress. The entire East Coast of the United States will be dragged into the Atlantic ocean due to the clockwise gyration of the African tectonic plate.
Reports are workers were active on the bridge. 😢
Dude,
right now out if the approx 30 vids of this YOURS IS THE BEST HANDS DOWN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP in this matter.😀😇😊
Coming from someone that was there on the recovery, watching the news was very frustrating. The pilot radioed police to stop traffic just minutes prior. He potentially saved many more lives. Unfortunately there were road crews working on it at the time.
It’s amazing how much you can learn from consulting real experts on things like this rather than the panic inducing bias news agencies. This is incredible.
joepedochrome(
Yeah.. youtube
Oh good grief. Yes, this is a truly informative video, but blaming its absence from "bias" news agencies (you meant biased, Skippy) is indicative of what has gone haywire among news consumers. Stop relying on social media and find and support legitimate news organizations (I vote for newspapers above all). Are you really suggesting that "news agency bias" is responsible for the incomplete reports you might have seen? What kind of bias; in favor of ships crashing into bridges?
@@KarlHoliday-cb7gtnewspaper? No dude.
@@KarlHoliday-cb7gt "find and support legitimate news organizations (I vote for newspapers above all)"
No way did you just say this. The cat's out of the bag, nobody supports msm and rightfully so. The only people paying any attention to that junk are boomers who are highly uneducated and have a fake view of the world due to said msm.
The quick thinking of the bridge workers to stop traffic saved so many lives. That confident decision making was amazing.
Yes, did not look like there was any traffic once ship got close.
OMG!
I think its a matter of luck. I would be impressed if the bridge staff did act that fast.
They were slowly moving traffic before and got the mayday right before
@@michaelrmurphy2734 the ship was probably blowing its warning horn.
Imagine being amongst the last vehicles to cross the bridge, right before collapse, knowing that you barely escaped with your life.
There were only 2 cars crossing the bridge 37 seconds before the collapse. I held my breath for that time.
So sad, how everything fallen down so quickly.
This was my first opportunity to watch this video in full and not on a little phone. While a lot of you were busy watching the ship, i was focused on the bridge traffic and i didnt see one mobile vehicle on it at the time of impact and thats a good thing. The news keeps saying theyve picked up passenger vehicles on sonar and in my opinion they were the vehicles of the road crews. Im a trucker thats crossed that thing a few times, though east coast isnt usually my gig.
Agreed..just in time it seems after quite a number of truck and trailers had passed over it. Phew. The vehicles that were on the bridge on video appeared stationary and were probably the construction workers vehicles referred to in the (poor) news reporting.
@@wendygerrish4964 Your exactly correct . To the right were pick- up trucks with fellas on their 30 minute break . Those are the yellow caution lights on top of trucks you see flashing prior to sliding down into the water
On duty Baltimore police picked up the emergency and (with 90 seconds to go) parked their cruisers across lanes stopping traffic on both sides of the bridge. Once another officer showed up one of them was going to drive over to the workers on the bridge who were repairing potholes.
I’m only wondering, being the type of bridge it is and it’s location, could the harbour authority have closed access once they were told the ship was in trouble? Amazing that more life wasn’t lost but any loss of human life (especially like this) is truely tragic.
Pretty much. They were on break and in their vehicles. :(
The black smoke isn't necessarily indicating an engine problem. The black smoke is caused by a diesel engine being pushed to its absolute maximum. It was under maximum load because they are in full reverse trying to get the ship to stop.
Computer hack
Thats what I'm thinking. Funny how a blackmail underage sex ring in the music industry is getting exposed and suddenly a bridge is falling down. Anything with a computer can be controlled and I also find it odd the FBI Baltimore Office had a new Special Agent in charge a day ago. Talk about baptism by fire.
Only the main engine has the power to turn the prop. The diesels run pumps and generators.
@@AllanFolm What fuel and engine type runs the prop engine? I would think even if it were an electric motor (like trains) it would still be receiving power from a diesel generator. Pretty sure the prop is turned by a diesel engine though.
Cyberattack
You explained this so much better than any of the news stations.
dont watch them, they lie or are ignorant.........
One reporter spent 30 seconds explaining that the bridge is no longer visible...because it collapsed.
“Journalists” at news stations all read from the same script. Theres no thinking involved.
@@rvsteve583 I don't think they are lying or ignorant. They are reporting the news. They aren't experts in friggen ships.
@@volvo245 ok that's great for the blind community or people that aren't watching a tv screen and just listening! calm down
👏👏👏This video thumbnail was perfect; simple, clear & direct. No wonder it hits 2.5 million views 👏👏👏
Ask urself where the video comes from rather than just accept it exists without questioning why .. wake up
@@petergarlick8251 could you elaborate on what we are supposed to wake up to? I think this was something very dark. and sal has done a QnA where they did not rule anything out! we are quite balanced over here!
Looks very lucky no vehicles fall down.
as a former engineer on a medium size container vessel, I can attest to the fact that the engines on these ships including the one on the Dali - would likely be using what is known as HFO, or heavy fuel oil. Generally speaking there is an auxiliary supply of fuel that is cleaner that is used within the port areas to minimise particulates and smoke. My theory without any information, would be that something happened with the initial switchover from the cleaner fuel used in the inner harbour to the heavy fuel oil which is used in water. Heavy fuel oil has to be heated a bit before it can be successfully entered into the engine. There could've been something wrong with the preheat of the heavy fuel oil on the switchover, or the huge barrel shaped fuel filters could've been clogged or not been cleaned since the inbound voyage. Either way that heavy black smoke that was seen from the stack indicates that there was something dreadfully wrong with the fuel system in the ship. It would be almost impossible further to be a catastrophic failure on a marine diesel engine are the size of several houses and built like brick you know whats... the auxiliary generators were using the same fuel as the main engines and that would likely be the lighter cleaner oil at the initial departure from the dock there is very little likelihood that there would've been a failure in the auxiliary electrical system. It's complex and I suppose they will find out using the black box information. My heart goes out to those who lost their lives. It could've been even more catastrophic. when they rebuild that bridge they had better take better care to put some extra buffering around the main posts.
James / Port of Toronto
The problem was with one set of breakers on the HV and LV lines. Since these breakers were tripping forever, the crew were using the other set of breakers from a very long time. Due to an earlier blackout in the port, for some reason, they switched back to the initially problematic breakers again just before maneuvering, which was a bad decision. That's what caused the havoc. Nothing to do with using HFO. Chances of ships crew using HFO while inside US territorial waters is negligible.
I was in the navy as a Surface Warfare Officer and brought US Navy Warships into port as officer of the deck many times. Losing propulsion/steering in a channel is a WORST CASE scenario and there are often times literally only seconds to recover. The US Navy in fact puts extra redundant engineering equipment online with a 'run it until it breaks' mindset during restricted maneuvering in channels like this to avoid a collision or grounding - it is THAT important. A big ship like this loses control of propulsion/steering and doesn't have tugs to immediately assist they have NO chance to control their movement for some distance/time. Very tragic but thank God it didn't happen during rush hour.
I have a funny feeling all this will boil down to ship maintenance and cost cutting. Big cargo ships should be in the same mindset as the Navy, but that means spending more....
@@Swarm509 yes, this will likely be the "Swiss cheese" model where a number of factors contributed including material readiness of the ship to include redundant systems being operational. There are certain minimum redundancies US Navy ships require is terms of steering, propulsion, etc... or they can't go underway - it is a non-negotiable point but for a private international company, who knows what corners were cut.
That’s where the negligence in all of this comes in. There are places where it’s illegal to break down on the highway as it’s due to negligence and puts others in danger
@@KingSlimjeezyPlease name a place where it’s illegal to breakdown. Not all breakdowns are due to lack of maintenance. That’s absolutely asinine. Brand new vehicles have broken down.
@@thetowndrunk988autobahn
Ship lost all controls, tugs were already cut loose. Ships aren't required to have escorts through the bridge. Pilot called and had bridge traffic halted, tugs couldn't get back to the ship in time once all controls were lost. All correct and immediate protocols were taken, just an extremely catastrophic unfortunate event.That's from someone that works for McAllister towing on the water out of Baltimore
WOW thanks. Glad that McAllister is still in business.
So the crew did good and only the CEO needs to go to prison then
I noticed the bridge traffic stopped at 1:27. Unfortunately it looks like work crews didn't get the message.
@@j.f.fisher5318the crew did not do good they killed many innocent people in a absolutely terrifying way they should be charged as terrorists and held at Guantanamo.
Too many ship captains and chief engineers only care about how much they can kiss corporate ass and that includes postponing repairs and maintenance in order to cut running costs. No idea if this was the case here, but I've heard the same story too many times. One even resulted in main engine destruction. Chief saved 20000 in spare parts and maintenance but the dry docking and engine replacement was 3.5 million dollars. He was PROMOTED to land duties as an INSPECTOR after that... I wish I was kidding. Its the sort of thing that happens when you hire people who better at corporate "networking" than in their actual professions.
Thank you. This very informative spent hours listening to news reporters speaking without saying anything.
Amazing job explaining this tragedy. Very professional, concise, and informative.
As a Harbour Pilot myself, and having had Piloted this same ship in the past, if there was no propulsion creating sufficient water flow over the rudder, the Pilot would have had very limited ability to steer this vessel. As a river port/harbour, any water flow/current that was flowing out with the ship, would've reduced the flow over the rudder and further reduce the ability to steer. Given the size and draft of this ship, in a confined channel like this, there is also shallow water and bank effect which would've had added more difficulty to an impossible situation. If the vessel had lost rudder control as well as propulsion, even with only light winds blowing onto the port side of the ship and causing it to drift towards the bridge support, there was nothing that could be done by the Pilot. All he could do was to try and reduce the impact, which given the circumstances was an impossible task. The only way to have prevented this happening would've been to have had Captain hindsight onboard and had a tug or tugs escorting it until clear of the bridge.
My thoughts go out to the Pilot, as he/she would've done their best to save it, then waiting for the inevitable, knowing how heavy and sad the consequences would be. Especially knowing there were people on the bridge. Sad day for all.
Or another commenter said to have the backup generators running and ready for the time ships go under the bridge.
That’s what they should have had tug boats until they get to the open sea that is what they do in New York!
Could dropping the anchors have been an option? Seems like you would be one to ask? Please and thank you.
I'd love to hear what you know about the actual controls configuration of these ships. I have read it is possible to hack the fly by wire controls.
@christophercadenhead4430 the video states that they did drop one of their anchors. The problem with anchors is that they are designed to keep a boat from moving after it has already stopped. Dropping an anchor while a massive ship is moving does almost nothing.
After watching 3 news reports on this situation, I have to say this video was so much more concise and straight-forward. Thank you for clear explaination.
I haven’t even watched the news, came straight to Podcasters, they get to the point, quickly
Mainstream news SHOULDVE shown you their incompetence years ago! Independent all the way with your own research 🦅🇺🇸
the news....any news.............. is 2nd grade level.this was excellent
Yea good to see someone's take on it
So much of what is called news is nothing more than reactions in the moment. Thanks for the analysis!
Son of my wife's colleague was driving home when this happened. Listed as "missing," but safe to say we know where he is. I can't imagine his horror when the bridge went out from under him.
Has he been "found"?
@@hanashi5727 No.
I'm not a Mariner but I've worked in Risk Management for long enough to ask why this eventuality would not have been played out in theory? It is very surprising to learn a freighter of this size was under its own power and not tug guided to its route between the two pylons of the bridge. Add to that, when power was restored why would they change direction considering they appeared to be on the correct heading? As for the ship, was there no auxiliary power for alarms, radio, disaster broadcast?? At the very least could the crew on the freighter not have fired off distress flares that might have kicked off a pre-set emergency process. For me there are massive failings in safety procedures that should have been predicted and prevented this catastrophe.
Im a former US Merchant Marine ships engineer - the video clearly shows "lights going out" which means the primary ships generators tripped and went offline leaving the ship completely without power. This container ship is powered by a two-stoke , 55,600 HP diesel and the engine is started by using a massive air compressor system that blows high pressure air into the cylinders to get the engine to turn over but if the generators dropped out then this air compressor system could not start and thus the engine is dead . The rudder is turned by a large electro/hydaulic system and it was dead also when the generators tripped.The NTSB investigation should be very interesting as they will no doubt delve deeply into questioning the engineers who were on watch at the time .
Interesting thoughts. I'm a forensics investigator (EE) for what that's worth. Note there was a HUGE plume of black smoke right before hitting. That smoke almost HAS to be from that huge main engine no? If it was terrorism I'd bet that engine pushed forward instead of backward. More info is needed. Remember the Evergreen that was apparently remotely operated/controlled in the canal a year or two ago? Formed a path drawing a huge cock and balls right before steaming into the canal and jamming into the bank. Clearly deliberate.
That is NOT completely accurate.
Why was MayDay not called
@@justina3221 which part?
@@cornwallav8r another monumental construction in the US collapses just like that. Mayday was never called
It took 6 minutes for this guy to explain what happened. Another example of how worthless mainstream media is. Thanks for the video.
The news wants you to keep watching so they can make money from advertisers. The last thing they would want is to tell you all you need to know in a quick, concise manner.
@@NachosElectricthey also want outrage because it drives clicks and views. The sad reality is that stuff like this needlessly erodes confidence in our institutions, whether it be the media, government, engineers, scientists, etc.
The freedom of the Press is obviously hated by trumps cult...
By far the best and to the point video explaining what happened.
I am more surprised how quickly that bridge fell apart. That really doesn't look right to me
Minute 3:23
As a trucker myself I can't help but to think about what a crazy story that trucker has, 1 minute and few seconds after crossing the bridge.
Brother I'm glad you can tell the story!
Prayers for the 6 workers families.
You should be paying attention at 5:30...See the MOLTEN METAL falling with the Tower...This is TERRORISM and its being done by the FOREIGN OWNED U.S. Corporation. ...Sheep will NEVER learn til its too late.
Same
I was looking at the truck before that one hoping it got off faster only to see the 3:23 one enter. Glad they made if off just in time.
I got a call from a business associate who passed over that bridge minutes beforehand.
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This is the way is done. Clear and concise analysis of a tragic accident. No fluff, no drama, just Facts🎉 Thank you sir🎉
Beyond just reporting the event, this video serves as an educational resource for maritime professionals and enthusiasts alike. It sheds light on the complexities of ship navigation and the potential consequences of mechanical failures, offering invaluable lessons for industry stakeholders.
My man, I just learned more from you than in eight hours of watching press conferences. Well done
Local news had expert engineers on the street corner telling us all about it. 🙄
@@impetiousdoom Why the mass media never reaches out to experts that actually know what they're talking about is beyond me.
Yeah - RIP MSM - they are useless !
@@LeutnantJokerIt's the McDonald's of journalism. They don't need it good. They just need it fast and cheap.
network news is not designed to convey information to you in a useful manner, it's designed to burn air time. and most of the people holding conferences are there to cover their asses.
I got more from your report than all of MSM reports for the last 3 hours. Thanks
Expertise makes a difference.
Of course! The MSM has been completely taken over by useless chick reporters that can't speak in depth on any subject. Not a male reporter in sight on 95% of news casts now
@@TheSuzberry Someone needs to spread the word .
Got to FOX, hahahahahaha.
@@TheSuzberryexactly. 🙄
Because of the major strategic importance of this bridge to the East Coast and the fact that power was lost right as the ship approached the bridge, and the ship turned from its course to seemingly target the pylon, and that it only dropped one anchor which they knew would change the ship's direction, it doesn't smell good.
The most informative report I’ve seen anywhere! Thank you!
THIS is the video I needed... listening to news outlets trying to explain what happened is hopeless!
Bravo good sir 👏👏👏
Agree. I have given up on local TV news. I especially dislike their "whats next" conclusions where they speculate based on no facts or knowledge.
Do not watch Main Stream News if you want the truth. They are are owned by people not wanting whats best for the US. They are ALL owned by 1 political party.
They are correct in wondering...
❤ the bridge won’t renamed Francis Scott key -> it’s not woke enough
Only brainwashed people still listen to the so-called news outlets. They're not news at all but propaganda entirely.
Americans are more brainwashed than North Koreans are by far.
I learned more in 5 minutes here than in all the "news" stations put together with repetitive speculation and little hard data. Thanks!
Yeah the media is too busy trying to figure out how to spin this……
This may very well be a horrible accident, but I do find it extremely suspicious that the problem occurred right near a bridge support. I sincerely hope a full investigation is conducted and the possibility of criminal intent is considered.
Thanks is for that. Will keep watching your channel for further updates. More informative than any general news media.🇬🇧
So sorry to hear this America. So sad what has happened. Prayers from Scotland for those missing and all affected.
Ty❤❤❤
Thank you! ❤
Thank you
Appreciate your care for us. Best wishes for you and yours as well.
Thank you Scotland!
I strive to be as informative AND concise as this. 10x more information than any news article and the same amount of time.
Yep brother Sal is the best
The power of independent journalism
@@JasonPhillip303 Its the power of competence. You can be very independent and just talk nonsense (and thats what you usally see, also with self proclaimed "experts")
I understand crew was Indian. But were the captains/pilots Indian as well?? Why no one is talking about them ?
yeah theres no worthwhile analysis in this
Sal you are getting lots of mentions as the place to go for good info on this disaster and I'm glad to see all the views. There is so much speculation and misinformation I'm glad your viewers directed me here. Subscribed
My question is, how did they imagine to shut off both side of the bridges so no vehicles go through, but didn’t warn the construction workers. That were still working when the bridge collapse.
I just told CBS that they need to get you on tonight's broadcast. You're the best!
You act like you're the producer of CBS as if they'll straightaway listen to you.
This just in: CBS has blamed Russian anti-vaxxers for the bridge collapse.
I told tupac and biggie about it too
@@OpDab I told chris beniot
@@ith0ughty0udied Oh yeah, well I thanked God 🙂
I see a lot of flashing yellow lights on the bridge prior to collapsing. My heart is broken for all of those bridge maintenance workers who likely lost their life.
bridge was evacuated after mayday call. you can see the last two police escorting off the bridge before the collapse
Current reports say at least 8 maintenence workers fell in, and 2 have been rescued.
@@eod19Timestamp? Where?
@@eod19 so police escort off traffic but don't bother telling maint workers? why were they still there?
@@Rojikkuits coming close to being a full 24 hours now so anyone who hasn't been found most likely has drowned if not been crushed underneath pieces of the bridge
Good report. Thank you. Very much appreciated .
When I heard the news, your channel was the first place I came. Thank you for the update we all wanted and needed.
seconded.
Thirded!
Fourthed.
In time, I would also expect Brick Immortar to do a good analysis of the events too.
20 cars just sink
fourthed?? 😬
I am a retired airline pilot and your breakdown and observation of the events preceding the ship hitting the pillar is very good Losing power and and the smoke is really excellent. You did a nice job and very good observation.
I'm a circus juggler, and his description was really excellent. 🙄
🤭@@Rob-dp3vr
I’m showing appreciation for the person’s observation, especially coming from an airline background where we study these events. Not everything is ego oriented. Good luck with your juggling.
Good Observation ? All Yall SHEEP missed the MOLTEN METAL falling with the Tower.....LOOK at 5:30. THIS WAS DELIBERATE ....and it was done by the United States....a FORIEGN Corporation you sheeple think is the government. ....MUCH MORE IS COMING....
Most accurate and informative coverage of this horrible accident! Thanks!
Tks so much for your clear, concise info on this incident and your follow thru.
The main engine will certainly belch black smoke when given a heavy load under low rpm which will happen in an emergency reverse. The ship would have multiple generators running in a restricted maneuvering area like that. But one dropping off line can cause the others to be overloaded and trip off line. You see power come back on but then its lost again. Another thing to note about massive ship engines is that the turbos cant maintain enough intake flow to keep the engine running well at lower speeds. To fix this issue there are massive electric blowers that are used to push air in place of the turbos as low speed. These blowers require multiple generators to be running so if you don't have enough generators running and you try to give too much throttle, you may trip the plant offline again. The pilothouse of that ship would have been very chaotic in that moment.
Is it normal for container ships to have power outages if not then why use them ? They should use good ships not faulty ones.
How much power would those blowers produce for a ship this size? Great info, thank you.
@@kennymichaelalanya7134 Don't underestimate how huge, and expensive, these are. It's not like updating the family station wagon.
Well said...
Does anyone else rewatch the video and each time you hope the cars get off in time before the ship hits.
I haven't rewatched it but yes I was internally screaming floor or on the other end stop going forward.
Thank God it was late at night. Otherwise it would be so much worse.
You can see those 2 semi trucks just got off on time. That would be even bigger disaster if those massive Trucks fell in the water
Yes, I did watch twice, one time to pay attention to the cars and trucks. It looked like they all got off in time; I did not see any cars moving on the bridge at the time it collapsed, but apparently there were people on the bridge according to the news. Imagine how the drivers who made it must feel now, knowing they made it just in time. I wonder if they knew anything was wrong at the time they crossed. Maybe no one realized until the ship hit. This is actually a nightmare I've had. Many people probably have had it: crossing a long bridge while it collapses. It actually reminds me of an actual bridge collapse where no ship hit it, the most-deadly bridge collapse in U.S. history: Mt. Pleasant Silver Bridge. I know about it because I recently have been watching the movie The Mothman Prophecies.
@@Jan96106Yes!!! I thought about the Point Pleasant tragedy from the Mothman Prophecies AND the i35 Bridge collapse in Minneapolis too AND the Skyway Bridge collapse in Tampa, Florida.
Thanks for answering all the important questions.
This is the best video I've seen on this. Thank you!
My father-in-law works at the terminal across the Patapsco from this site and was in the bunkhouse this morning when the Key Bridge collapsed early this morning. He said it was a terrible shrieking of metal, then a resounding thud that shook the building. Sal, I grew up near there, and am greatly saddened by this. At least I found your channel through Ward, so I can hear your knowledge in this as it is square in your wheelhouse. Thanks for this. 💯
Thanks for posting your comment . It makes it more real hearing from somebody in the area with a personal connection.
It must be one hell of a shock to see something like that that’s been there for 50 years suddenly collapsing in that way. You have my best wishes and sympathies.
In your mind, did you feel that the bridge would have collapsed so easily? Did you think that this bridge was an accident waiting to happen and that it needed modifications/etc or was it a fairly safe bet? Were there any discussions or concerns locally?
I'm just wondering from a risk assessment perspective, how this bridge could have continued to be allowed to operate with large cargo ships going under it... from an insurance perspective at the very least, if it was capable of such a catastrophic collapse. There were mitigations that should have been in place that weren't. Very strange for a 1st world country to be so careless with a key piece of economic and social infrastructure.
You bring up excellent points,@@hanashi5727 . The problem is what is existing. Ship sizes have grown tremendously over the last 30 years. Key Bridge built in 1977. The ship channel under bridge is marked, maintained, and dredged to the same standard in width, depth, and clearance as the rest of the world. In fact, with modern shipkeeping and navigation aids, ship masters can see their location well within a few meters on the earth, and can navigate in total darkness safely. It is cheaper to trust these systems than to perform ruinously expensive construction around the country retro-actively. Unfortunately, when these systems of navigation and control fail, as we so spectacularly saw, the consequences are grave. The option to retro-fit would mean the dismantling and rebuilding of every bridge in every port in the country to a standard which will only be good until a larger ship is built, which is what has been continuously happening, for years...
No one envisioned cargo ships exceeding 150,000 tons displacement forty, or even thirty years ago. It would be nice to go back and re-build everything to accommodate, but it is simply cheaper to use technology, and the failure rate is no worse than concrete and steel.
Another way of looking at this is the effect of ship automation. Crews used to man a manual steering maneuvering room in the aft of a ship above the rudder gear. This has not been done in merchant ships in decades. Ten men crewed the MV Dali, a ship well over 100,000 tons. There was no way to manually move the rudder anymore.... Like most tragedies, it is a confluence of unconnected events and errors that combine at inconceivable odds, but never forget they do combine, as we have just seen. Thank you for the question.
One thing we can be thankful for is that this happened during the night and not peak times during the day!! The loss of life was minimised by a lot! If it had been day time, you're talking about thousands of life's being lost!! Those that have died, May they rest in peace!🤲🏼
If I'm not mistaken, the only people on the bridge at the moment of collapse were the construction (maintenance) workers, as I didn't see any moving lights on the bridge. That should make it easier to get a count of who's missing. You're right, if it happened during rush hour lots of people would have been killed.
Yes I didn't see car lights on the bridge,
Amen.
Watching all of the cars traveling on the bridge before it hit, was so stressful and heartbreaking knowing that if they had been just a few minutes later that would have been it for them.
Tens maybe, thousands no. Worst case rush hour, maybe a couple hundred. It would have to have been completely covered with packed buses, for thousands to die.
Thank you for that great breakdown of what happened. It was eas to understand.
Thank you for your in-depth and concise analysis of this catastrophic event. Its way better then what I have seen on main stream media.
It is pretty amazing that this CZcams channel might be the best explanation of this incident. All the news channels should be ashamed.
Not amazing to me. First thought I had when learning about this incident was to come to this channel to learn what Sal had to say. I knew it would be insightful and accurate.
They're not news channels - they're propaganda machines.
News channels can't be experts in every tech that comes along! They do make some ridiculous assumptions sometimes, but just read the comment section on this video!
@@Former_Pilot MSM has "bubble headed bleach blond(s)"
[re "Dirty Laundry"/Don Henley] newz readers.
No content nor any depth, just parroting what the tele-prompters say. Period.
@@donanders2110 The big networks could have a shipping guy on staff. Especially with what is going on in the mideast. They need a ship guy now, for sure.
Well done, sir. My trucking company has a dropyard no more than 3 miles from this span. I've been over the Key thousands of times in my career and this hit kind of close to home. Fortunately, none of our drivers were in the vicinity when this happened. My heart goes out to the families of those lost in this terrible situation...
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This FBI agent who is discounting terrorism at the Baltimore bridge (very quickly, I might add) was named Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore Field Office just YESTERDAY Suspicious?
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Thank you so much for the explanation! Your information is so helpful to understand what went on.
Great first analysis of a terrible tragedy. Looking forward to your next videos.
I'm so glad that I follow you!!!
Thank you. This video is about 1000% more informative than anything on mainstream media right now.
Yeah we get it MaInsTreAm mEdIa blah blah blah
You still watch mainstream media news? All they do is lie & retract...
MSM is _only_ interested in selling news and views. They even make up theme songs to play during coming from and going to station breaks for disasters such as this.
It's like a movie production for them. Entertainment.
Well, he's literally an expert on this topic so of course his video would be more informative
You're so right.
This almost 7 minutes video was exceedingly far more informative than an entire day of Network Cable News! Fact 💯!
That ship was running down the center of the "channel", which runs perpendicular to the bridge and is centered between the two bridge support columns. All the ship had to do, with power or with no power, was continue to drift in a straight line until after they had passed under the bridge. There is much more to this story, and I hope we eventually hear about it.
SBU are terrorists, your country funded them in the attack on moscow which killed hundreds of innocent civilians, the gloves are truely off now and expect more asymmetric warfare between the usa and russia, if america can damage russia you can bet the house russia can do the same to your country.
was thinking the same. Lots of suspicion here😢
No power to the rudder so it would only have drifted straight if the rudder was straight when the power went out. It appears that wasn't the case.
@@lynnhawkins2697 The channel is straight long before it gets to the bridge, and it remains straight at the bridge and long after the bridge. The ship was tracked going straight down the center of the channel, so its rudder was amidships. There was no reason for the ship to turn its rudder until well after it had passed the bridge. In fact, even losing power would not have been a reason for the ship to attempt to turn or to slow down. Other than tending to an on-board fire, safely drifting under the bridge should have been the captain's highest priority.
I agree. Things like this don't just happen, without a lot of things either going wrong before hand (bad procedure, bad policies, lousy infrastructure etc) or there being "more to the story".
Considering that fancyman Buttigeig's first thing to say about this was "the bridge was racist anyway" (lol, seriously) and there's a lot of "interesting coincidences" about the bridge itself and the detriment it will have on the US economy, we cannot hand wave something like this away with "shit happens" or "muh rudder got stuck".
This is a huge, horrible thing, with loss of life and loss to the economy. Either this was on purpose, it was an attack or someone needs to be held DEEPLY responsible.
😢THANK YOU! There is more to this tragic!
I was unaware of such a CZcams channel. Thank you for the wealth of information without idle chatter or commentary!
been here many years.
@@user-lr2dl9mn4zYou want a medal bro?
This channel is on point. I've watched a few since the Evergreen incident in the Suez Canal.
I've watched so many videos today that show the explosives. It's odd to me that the explosions seem to be dynamite at all the key structural points, just like a professional job.
I think C-4 wouldn't have been as obvious, but hey.... gotta switch it up sometimes
@@user-lr2dl9mn4z I would have never known this channel existed if blancolirio hadn't linked to it. You would have thought it would have at least been suggested when I went to find news coverage of the accident. Awesome channel BTW.
Same
This video should be shown on every news outlet. Great information.
Great info! Thanks for sharing
Great work, thank you!
As a ship mechanic, my ecplenation is that after the power loss, the ship lost propulsion not to the main propeller on the back side, as it is directly connected to the engine, but to the auxilery propellers on the ship nose. They are driven by electric motors and are used for maneuvering trough canals, rivers etc. Moving in a river, it is crucial to use them, as the currents start to drift the ship.
The smoke you see comming on mass from the chimney if you ask me, is the moment they realized they lost control and while restarting the electrical systems (you can see them turn off and on the electricity), they pulled hard on reverse to slow down as a last resort effort. Ships like this need extremely long distance to stop. Too bad it was already too late.
The propellers in front are the bow thrusters.
Explanation*
explanation.....just saying 😂
Is it normal for container ships to have power outages if not then why use them ? They should use good ships not faulty ones.
*Thanks to you and the people trying to clarify details.*
The people who just typed "explanation" WTF? Waste of keystrokes.
So many broadcasters said a ship container hit the bridge. A container ship hit the bridge. Gosh so many bad news broadcasters. Thank you for your intelligent commentary.
For while, the New York Times was reporting that the ship was carrying "shopping containers."
Yeah, they just read their scripts, never seen one who knew anything, about anything. Even live reporters seldom know what they are seeing. If journalism class didn't tell them, they just don't know it.
Its such an important fact, cant believe they got it backwards. Changes everything. Especially to blind people.
One reporter said both lanes are closed now. And then said a vehicle the size of a tractor trailer was on bridge... Wouldn't that be just a tractor trailer?🤔
So the video says the ship didn’t hit the bridge?
Thanks for the commentary, very informative.
Thank you so much Captain for your concise explanation of what happened. 🙏🏼
Just to clarify, when backing down, a single screw ship with a right hand wheel, i.e. a right hand pitch prop, will tend to back to port. The stern will swing to port. The bow therefore will point more to starboard, and that is exactly what we see here. Most ships do have a right hand prop, i.e. when looking at it from astern, it turns clockwise when going ahead. The black smoke in this case does not necessarily mean there is an engine problem. Smoke is generated by the engine when combustion is not complete. The throttle is opened wide and fuel is being injected into the cylinders at a high rate, while the turbochargers are still catching up and possibly the cylinder walls and heads are not up to operating temperatures yet. Dropping the port anchor as the ship is still making headway while the engine is turning in reverse will somewhat mitigate the swing of the ship induced by the right hand wheel. In order to actually stop the ship, sufficient scope of chain must be paid out first, and then the anchor must dig in and fetch up tight. With a short scope, i.e. only enough chain for a steep down angle, the anchor has no ability to dig into the bottom, but is only skipping over the bottom. The pull of the chain must be as close to horizontal as possible for the anchor to set. Rudder has no effect while operating astern propulsion until there is sternway, and even then, rudder effect can be negligible.
Some important questions arise, one of which is the state of the generators at the time. Normally a generator is running and another is standing by and ready to be quickly brought online. The rudder is controlled by hydraulic rams powered by electric hydraulic pumps. The rudder can be shifted manually by hand pumps on the steering gear flat, but it is a team effort and is slow, much too slow for routine maneuvering, as a rule.
Escort tugs could have possibly pushed the bow to port and stern to starboard enough to avoid the bridge pylon, and maybe cause the ship to pass harmlessly through the center span. But it's a little late for that now.
Thank you for your Amazing Expertise! Helps explain the perfect storm senario.
Wow, I could" listen" to you all day, Fascinating! Thanks !
I work in a hospital. Our generators are set up to come online in ten seconds or less. Ship could be like that too. Something must have gone really wrong to have electricity cut out twice like this. Never saw it happen at work. Sure one will go down, but never saw two go done, and we have a third too. You would think they would test everything before they leave port too. Run them for 15 minutes.
Thank you for this thorough explanation! I still believe this was no accident, as you state, they could've manually turned the rudder or tug boats could have helped.
Would more manual backup systems have helped? Can’t hydraulics be actuated by mechanical linkages? It seems like having a mechanical system as a backup for use when all power fails would be a good idea…
The first time I saw this, I immediately thought about the Skyway Bridge collision of 1980. I’ve researched that bridge collapse extensively and it is insane that pretty much the exact same scenario has happened again 44 years later
Check out the book "Normal Accidents" by Charles Perrow. It has changed my mind about how large industrial accidents happen and how difficult they can be to prevent in the long run.
Overly complex and fragile systems fail catastrophically. Murphys Law is in force...
Inside job
And that pilot had hit the bridge before.
That footage above of the collapse is overwhelming, but one can't look away.
I'm surprised it hasn't happened more often with how much cargo traffic we have today.
QUESTION. Sal as always your coverage on shipping is top shelf the best anywhere thank you for your time you always make me seem like I'm smarter than I am. This is an unimaginable tragedy but going forward what I'd like to know is if there is a reasonable way to protect these Bridges from ship strikes perhaps something similar to what they use to protect Bridges from Ice? Thanks again brother carry on and go well
AMAZING! !
Thank you!!
Honestly this is the most explanatory report.All the other news channels just telling us about collapse and not much detail.
Guys, I am honestly surprised by comments like this one.... What do you expect? Common mass media, they have always used such materials for click-baits, views and follow up news... for days and days if not months after events like this one.
I honestly expect @practicalengineering to have a video about this at some point. I know he usually does retrospectives, but he did a very informative video on what to expect they would look at in the Miami condo collapse.
Come on, give them a break. Its just hours after this incident. What do you expect? News Channels do not have ship and bridge experts at service, when you need them. Other than that, it is still speculation until the results of the investigation is done.
I think this is deliberate. And someone hacked ship’s controls to turn it into a weapon.
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Alex J0nês did mention about the possibility of his happening not too long ago Kinda scary.
Here in Tasmania, we had a similar thing happen. Once the bridge was rebuilt they put traffic lights at either end and if a ship is about to pass under they stop traffic. In our case the bridge fell onto the ship and sunk it also, it's still under the bridge nearly 50 years later.
The Port of Baltimore and the FSK Bridge are such high-traffic areas that doing that kind of thing would have huge economic consequences and would cause constant delays down a vital transport corridor. There's no way a stop-light would be considered an acceptable solution on any rebuilt bridge.
@@Fallenscion yeah you're right, in Hobart a ship only goes under our bridge a few times a week.
Tasman south of Australia?
@@PistolP33 yep.
@@FallenscionI am guessing a bridge that only lasts 40 years and then takes 4 years to rebuild costs more in the long run than a bridge that closes for 1 hour a day for upto 2 or 3 hundred years.
Thank you for this analysis. Until watching this explanation it was difficult to see what happened and at first glance it looks like the ship is heading right toward the pylon from the start. The combo of your explanation and zooming in makes it abundantly clear how much the ship turned. You can see it clearly by the change in perspective and length of the ship in the frame. At the start she is pointed clearly away from the camera and you see mostly her length forward to aft in the frame. Then you see it “shortening” in the frame as she turns what appears to be nearly 45 degrees and ultimately at the end is nearly facing the camera and the perspective in camera frame is looking at the front of the ship facing toward the camera and you see mostly her width port to starboard, rather than her length. Once I saw that zoomed in it is so much easier to see it zoomed out at any speed. I wouldn’t have even been looking for a change in direction and would never have seen it without this helpful analysis.
Excellent explanation. Much better than anything else that I've seen.
And she goes dark twice! After you see the black smoke belch out she goes dark again and by the time the lights are back on the 2nd time she's basically on the bridge.
What a nightmare. Heard its not the first time this ship has lost power underway while in port.
Yes and it's said the crew released the anchor (low tide) which would cause ship to turn more.
She was involved in a 2016 incident as well
These should have more than one engine hard to understand
(She) killed that bridge.
This ship had an incident in Antwerp before.
DAMN!! That was about as professional as I have ever seen an analysis of ANYTHING. Thank You so much for your !
This was a professional job. It was demolished. I bet that was a very old bridge, just like some towers that fell down.
God bless all family's that were affected by this tragedy. Amen 🙏
Thanks for breaking this down.
Finally, a source for reliable and competent information on the bridge incident. Thank you very much for keeping us informed!
Glad to see that at least two people on the roadway (one in each direction) were alert enough to stop traffic very soon after the ship showed distress. If it was their job, good work. If they were just concerned citizens, God bless you!
Or seals!
It was apparently due to a may day call going out so workers stopped traffic.
The officials were notified right away, and the officials shut the bridge down both ways.
It was obviously staged. I don't know how ewe dumb sheeple keep falling for the stories they feed you. Oh rite... Sheeple.
My biggest nightmare driving over Bridges. Increased my heartrate watching the power go out on the ship causing her to be “dead in the water” early in this video. My condolences go out to all of those involved in this tragedy. It’s just horrifying.
Thank you for your explanation so that others could make sense as to why she hit the bridge pylon.
Your assessment is OBVIOUSLY better than all the news out there. Real talk. You have all information. No hype. News stations need to grab your clip and play it. Their anchors can take notes on how to GIVE THE NEWS.
This is more informative than any news station ever
2 words: Murphy's Law.
Randomly found this video. Brilliant, concise analysis and easy to understand explanation, in less time than it took for the politicians on the main-stream media news conference to introduce themselves. Absolutely no helpful information in the main-stream media. Kudos to you, Sir, and much appreciated.
He is an expert
Well said!
This is being spoon fed to many people
Silly boy: it will take the Democrat politicians at least 3 days to prove it was Trump who did it.
I shared both of your videos on the collapse via threads early this morning
Wow, just wow. Thanks for the info.
I served as Electrical Engineer on oil tanker ships for 8 years, its called a blackout. They recovered once but again had a 2nd blackout. The steering should be backed by the emergency generator but looks like emergency generator started, took load and then tripped. The black smoke from funnel is I think the emergency generator kicking in and tripping.
I guess in the middle of the ocean, a few seconds to start the emergency generator doesn't matter that much, and that's the scenario they're expecting.
Thanks, that's very helpful info!!
@@herseem yes that is correct, everybody in the engine room will be panicked and running here and there to make sure that the main generators could re-start and take the load of the entire vessel. But eventually they tripped sending emergency generator an automated signal to start and cope.. but it failed too.
@@herseem in the open sea, we call it a "drill" but the mindset is different when an actual emergency occurs.
So you believe this to be the truth ?
This is probably the best immediate after action analysis you are going to get on this incident and one of the best you will ever see for that matter. Nice work.
It looks like NO vehicles were on the bridge when it went down, yet the media reported "several" vehicles in the water.
Excellent reporting!
Holy Mackerel ! Those poor people on the bridge. I thought maybe I saw an 18 wheeler and a couple other cars that didn’t make it.
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I cant tell if all these orange lights are part of the bridge or if there are several DOT trucks with flashing amber lights. Have not heard anything about number of casualties yet but I cant imagine anyone survives that fall.
Looks like the last vehicles (tractor-trailer + 1) was more than a minute before the incedent. No clear traffic from both sides. A call could have been made to hold traffic or there were high amounts of vigilance...also can't forget about signaling/horns.@jonathantaylor6926
I saw an 18 wheeler crossing the bridge too😢 other videos show it.
Tragic.. 🤔