Investigation of the impact of freighter Dali with the Baltimore bridge (Maryland, USA) increasingly provides more data that clarifies the facts. The black boxes of the ship have provided the latest novelty: the pilot requested a tugboat moments before the crash.
The recovery of the ship's black box has revealed what the moments before the impact were like. To the 01:24 hours in the early morning he detected the sound of several emergency alarms ringing in the boat.
Two minutes later, at 01:26 hoursthe pilot of the order spin the drool and asked the tugboats for help. And, after one minute He ordered the cargo ship to drop anchor.
The bridge infrastructure
The researchers have evaluated the damage in the bridge structure with drones to be able to plan the work to continue the search for missing people and carry out repairs to the bridge. puente Francis Scott Key.
“It is not a matter of weeks or months. We have a very long road ahead. We will have to remove the remains of steel from the river and also those from the deck of the ship to be able to tow it,” said the governor of Maryland, Wes Moore.
In addition, it is being investigated whether the Baltimore bridge had extra protection in its pillars that were capable of absorbing the impact of large ships.
A suspended search
Los steel scraps of the river and boat deck They have to be removed beforehand to be able to tow it. Furthermore, this debris does not allow rescue divers to carry out search tasks, which is why it has been search suspended of missing workers.
“Due to the debris around the vehicles, divers can no longer work safely,” explained Maryland Police Superintendent Roland L. Butler JR.
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