Posted on 04/07/2024 5:57:32 PM PDT by mbrfl
Zach presents a good summary of some unanswered questions and anomalies surrounding the Baltimore bridge collapse. The video runs just over 27 minutes long.
(Excerpt) Read more at rumble.com ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8M4n32V2L4
Finally: Somebody asking all the questions reverberating in my head.
Interestingly, watch 4:57-5:15. It’s sped up video of the moments leading up to the collision.
That video demonstrates a rudder movement caused the ship to run headlong into the bridge support...NOT ‘drifted’.
A marine engineer explained the situation including how the ship moved due to its single screw being reversed during one of the power restorations.
The ship doesn’t back in a straight line.
Propwalk is a real thing, single screw vessels walk to the port, in reverse.
Forward momentum of the ship, with propwalk to port, would “steer” the ship to starboard.
No mystery here...or conspiracy...
The ship lost power, and thus steering. When power was regained, the pilot immediately turned rudder hard to port to force the bow of the ship to the left side of the bridge support. When power cut out again, the rudder was hard to port and stuck there. When they got the engine reversed and went hard astern, the torque on the ships propeller and the hard port rudder forced the bow to starboard even more.
And then physics took over...they simply didn’t have enough time to slow down, although they did reduce the ship’s speed from 8 kts to 1.5 kts.
What’s interesting is that there appear to be two abrupt changes in direction - one taking place when power was initially lost (approx. 4 minutes before impact), and the other when power returned. The latter change in course can clearly be seen in the video from that night. It’s hard to see an earlier course change taking place at the time the ship loses power, so I’m only going by the chart Zach shows at 8:10 of his own video. But if this is accurate, it’s highly suspicious.
It’s almost as if the power was cut just after a sharp course change was made to point the ship into the general direction of the bridge pillar, with the power being cut off in order to blame the crash on drifting. But then the power returns about 2 minutes later, allowing the ship to make a final adjustment to ensure that it hits the pillar.
Correct if they have a right-handed prop. If it is left-handed, the reverse is true.
Does anyone outside of NYC know about this?
When power was regained, the pilot immediately turned rudder hard to port to force the bow of the ship to the left side of the bridge support. When power cut out again, the rudder was hard to port and stuck there. When they got the engine reversed and went hard astern, the torque on the ships propeller and the hard port rudder forced the bow to starboard even more.
Your source of information is?
Wow. Thanks for sharing that. More people should be hearing about it.
Sure, the NY POST is read online worldwide.
There is a thread posted here on it.
It’s odd that we’re only hearing about it now.
...and we still don’t know who was piloting the ship.
Yes, I should have mentioned that also!
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