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UPDATE: Cargo Ship Lost Its Lights and Steered into Bridge Support Before Taking Down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge (VIDEO)
Gateway Pundit ^ | Mar. 26, 2024 9:45 am | Staff

Posted on 03/26/2024 8:11:40 AM PDT by Red Badger

The Cargo Ship that struck and destroyed The Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, Maryland appears to have lost power twice before impact with the bridge.

The ship’s lights then blink back on right before it hits the bridge support.

Here is the video.

VIDEO AT LINK......................

Via Monica Crowley:

The Francis Scott Key Bridge has collapsed into Baltimore Harbor after a cargo ship apparently lost power twice and collided with it at 1:30am ET.

Two rescued, at least 7 people missing. Prayers up 🙏

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To: moovova

I guess the captain won’t be doing any weddings for awhile.


21 posted on 03/26/2024 8:22:32 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Red Badger

It’s amazing that with all the bridges and all the ships that pass them throughout the Unites States every single day, there’s ONE incident like this and otherwise smart people see conspiracy theories rather than an accident. I’d be horrified to live in a world where I am convinced every tragic incident is a planned attack. How do you people sleep at night with these thoughts constantly going through your heads???


22 posted on 03/26/2024 8:23:02 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: ClearCase_guy

Then whats your theory?


23 posted on 03/26/2024 8:23:19 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: thefactor

They dont sleep. They play video games in the basement.


24 posted on 03/26/2024 8:24:42 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: brownsfan

How do you defend against a 100,000 ton ship drifting without control? The largest battleship in history, the Yamato, was around 70K tons for comparison. I’ve heard people mention reinforcing the bridge foundations, but I suspect there’s a limit to what can be done at a sane cost against such occurences.


25 posted on 03/26/2024 8:24:45 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: thefactor

It’s human nature.

My wife thinks everything that breaks is my fault automatically......................


26 posted on 03/26/2024 8:25:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Bon of Babble

6 construction workers who were repairing potholes are missing.


27 posted on 03/26/2024 8:25:56 AM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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To: Red Badger

Looks like they were trying to make a hard turn to starboard in order to make the short span. During the first outage, they were adrift toward the main span of the bridge by my estimation, and if they never regained power twice, they probably would have avoided the hitting the bridge support


28 posted on 03/26/2024 8:26:15 AM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: Red Badger

Did the forward lookout fall asleep?

And what was the pilot up to, preventing him from seeing with his eyes that the ship was careening out of the shipping channel?


29 posted on 03/26/2024 8:26:15 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

30 posted on 03/26/2024 8:26:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

All of those lights onshore and the pilot couldn’t determine where the pillars were? BS.


31 posted on 03/26/2024 8:26:39 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: drSteve78

JUST IN: Officials stopped cars from crossing the Francis Scott Key Bridge just moments before the cargo ship collided, saving lots of lives.

According to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, the ship issued a “mayday” call before colliding.

The workers on the bridge jumped into action and halted traffic, saving many lives.

“The ship issued a mayday loss of power. The workers on the bridge halted traffic right before impact. They saved lots of lives,” Moore said.

Six people remain missing. Two have been rescued and sent to the hospital.


32 posted on 03/26/2024 8:27:11 AM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: thefactor

True; against the idea that this is a terrorist attack I would point out the incident happened in the middle of the night, which is fortunate from a casualty standpoint. One would expect a terrorist attack to have been timed for rush hour.


33 posted on 03/26/2024 8:27:19 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Answers to questions that don’t make sense are often hidden in plain sight, you may never know for sure but the idea of a cyber attack seems like a real possibility, a cargo ship minutes into a 27-day journey loses power while in port but with not enough time to take corrective action


34 posted on 03/26/2024 8:27:21 AM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: moovova

I think they are just big HYBRIDS....................


35 posted on 03/26/2024 8:27:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

“How do you defend against a 100,000 ton ship drifting without control?”

I watch goofy shows like “Engineering Disasters”. I’m no expert, but on one of the episodes a bridge had been hit, and they put barriers around the supports.


36 posted on 03/26/2024 8:28:53 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Red Badger

Sometimes a terrible ,tragic accident is just that,an accident. However consider if the ships engineer and helmsman were in cohoots. The engineer shuts the lights, puts the ship in all ahead full and the helmsman with the lights out, unseen steers it into the bridge. Could they be ISIS? This happened less than one week after the Moscow carnage. Wonder if our crack FBI and Homeland security agents will investigate thoroughly, interview the crew and do background checks? However the “no terrorism “ script has already been determined. They will find no evidence.


37 posted on 03/26/2024 8:29:12 AM PDT by allendale
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To: gundog

The ship lost power. That would include the controls, it’s not like it is steered by a guy manhandling a rudder.


38 posted on 03/26/2024 8:29:14 AM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Red Badger

39 posted on 03/26/2024 8:29:48 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Red Badger
First, Evergiven. Now, this.

From a few years ago:


40 posted on 03/26/2024 8:30:07 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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