What gets me is the course change directly into the bridge support. Was there wind or current moving the boat to starboard? That was one in I don’t know the odds hit.
The video clearly shows that the ship lost power at least twice in the two or three minutes before it hit the bridge. There is strong current in the river and it couldn’t maintain its course. Sometimes it really is a confluence of bad things outside the control of humans, or at least with no malintent.
“What gets me is the course change directly into the bridge support.”
From what I have heard so far is the ship lost power at 8 knots and when power was restored they went full reverse and that caused them to lose rudder response. The ship then swerved towards the bridge and then dropped anchor in a futile effort to stop the massive ship.
It would not surprise me to find out that the anchor was torn out of the ship by this action.
It would take a pretty big wind to push that boat.