Photo: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images) The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed early Tuesday morning after the cargo ship the MV Dali collided with one of the bridge’s support pylons. Now, reports from the National Transportation Safety Board have confirmed that 56 containers on that ship were carrying hazardous material. Some of those … Read more
Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) on Thursday criticized President Joe Biden for calling on Congress to pay for the cost of fixing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after it was struck by a ship and collapsed this week, leaving six people presumed dead and a major shipping port closed for the foreseeable future. “It … Read more
While the investigations into the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse are just getting started, it seems the captain of the Dali cargo ship did everything he could to try and prevent a catastrophe, including dropping the port anchor to drag along the bottom of the bay in order to slow the ship’s momentum. The Chevy … Read more
Cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 27, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Two survivors were pulled from the Patapsco River and six missing people are presumed dead after the Coast Guard called off search and rescue efforts. A work crew was fixing potholes … Read more
One of the 22 Indian crew manning a cargo ship, Dali, which collided against a bridge in Baltimore has suffered a “minor injury” while the rest are all safe aboard the vessel, owners of the Singapore-flagged ship said on Wednesday. The 2.6km-long, four-lane Francis Scott Key Bridge over the Patapsco River in Baltimore, came crashing … Read more
Social media accounts were serving up conspiracy theories within hours of a container ship knocking down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday. Federal and local law enforcement said they suspected no foul play, but several people on X, the former Twitter, claimed that the incident looked deliberate, and that it may have … Read more
In a devastating turn of events, the cargo ship “Dali” collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, leading to significant structural damage and causing it to collapse into the river below. The entire crew of 22, all of Indian nationality, had raised concerns about a “power issue” prior to the tragic … Read more
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