Posted on 03/27/2024 12:53:12 PM PDT by rxsid
Dali cargo ship suffered 'severe electrical problem' while docked in Baltimore days prior to bridge collapse crash that saw it suffer 'total power failure, loss of engine failure', port worker says
The Dali cargo ship which smashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge suffered a 'severe electrical problem' while docked in Baltimore days before, according to a port worker.
Julie Mitchell, co-administrator of Container Royalty, a company which tracks cargo, told CNN the ship was anchored at the port for at least 48 hours prior to the deadly crash.
'And those two days, they were having serious power outages… they had a severe electrical problem,' Mitchell told the broadcaster. 'It was total power failure, loss of engine power, everything.'
Mitchell explained that refrigerated boxes tripped breakers on board the ship on several occasions, and mechanics had been trying to fix the issue. She said she didn't know whether the problem had been fixed when the ship set off.
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Mitchell told CNN that major power problems on board large vessels like the Dali are 'not really that common at all', describing the freak incident as 'very rare'.
One officer on the Dali also said that before the crash, the engines 'coughed and then stopped.' There was not enough time before the ship hit the bridge to drop anchors prompting the vessel to drift.
'The vessel went dead, no steering power and no electronics... The smell of burned fuel was everywhere in the engine room and it was pitch black,' the officer said.
When a ship such as the Dali loses power, backup generators kick in but they do not fulfill all of the same functions as the main power, Pagoulatos said.
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Station FSKM2 - 8574728 - Francis Scott Key Bridge, MD - National Data Buoy
• Site elevation: 4.4 m above mean sea level
• Air temp height: 6.1 m above site elevation
• Anemometer height: 6.6 m above site elevation
• Barometer elevation: 7.4 m above mean sea level
At 1:58 AM EDT, Baltimore Harboer, Francis Scott Key Bridge buoy FSKM2 reported:
Wind was 8.9 knots, gusts to 11 knots, from the east
At 9:17 AM EDT, Baltimore Harbor, Francis Scott Key Bridge buoy FSKM2 was still functioning:
Wind was 9 knots, gusts to 11 knots, from the east
Water temp. 41.9 deg F
Current and recent winds, see Patapsco River - Francis Scott Key Bridge Forecast NOAA info.
EVERY PORT has a “MASTER PILOT” who brings ships in & takes them back out...NOT the “CAPTAIN”.
The MASTER PILOT KNOWS every Rock/sand bar/tide shift/wind pattern.
Bingo. Qanon was just a CIA mind f&&^%$. It’s still working.
Makes sense and matches with another report that was pretty thorough stated the harbor pilot got off an order to drop anchor and made the request for traffic on the bridge to be blocked.
Thanks for the data. That’s much stronger wind than I would have expected at nighttime and almost no change to 9:17 am.
WOULD ALL OF THAT WORK IF THERE WAS A CYBER ATTACK THAT RENDERED EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL USELESS???
Chesapeake Bay Approches to Baltimore Harbor - PDF
THE FSK BRIDGE LANE - See: Online Nautical Chart
You may download a Baltimore area nautical chart - PDF.
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THAT WOULD BE NORMAL
MASTER PILOTS TAKE SHIPS INTO & OUT OF PORT.
DURING THOSE TIMES-—Captain is a passenger.
PILOTS are completely in charge-—
THEY KNOW EVERY ROCK—SAND BAR—TIDES—EVERYTHING
I SUSPECT THEY ARE VERY WELL PAID.
IIRC—THIS IS WORLD WIDE.
Yargh ! Avast their matey, methinks you don’t know stem from stern.
We are looking at the ships bow . If you were to stand at the bow , facing forward, if you raise your left hand, that is the port side shipmate, all day long anywhere in the world, trust me on this.
Left = Port. Right = Starboard as long as you are facing forward.
I see the problem on the “Booklet Charts” pdf. The FSK Bridge is right where pages 4, 5, 8 and 9 join. The Harbor Pilot was having to flip back and forth all four pages to figure out where he was and where the bridge was.
what would happen if the fire on the sun suddenly got extinguished by a giant ice comet? Both have about the same possibility.. So. eat another one of those funny 'shrooms and chill out.
the ship would have to be a huge piece of crap if every breaker on it failed at once and the engineers were so piss poor that they couldnt get a diesel started in a few minutes.
LOOKS like PORT side to me-—
Bridge debris there-—NOT much bridge debris at rear of ship.
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No, it did drop an anchor. Why do you say these things?
She’s busy getting after those racist winds.
So who is going to pay for our bridge??
“Wonder if there is even some sort of protocol for that kind of thing?”
Of course there is a protocol. It’s called DEI.
“ there is nothing that could have been done to that bridge including bolstering the piers which would have prevented the collapse.”
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The laws of physics say you’re wrong. A good structural engineer also knowledgeable in civil engineering would also tell you that you are wrong.
Yes; sailing is racist.
Piloting a glider, is racist.
The following are racist:
- wood (ships - age of sail)
- brass (ships - parts)
- bronze (ships - parts)
- clocks (ships - navigation)
- cloth (ship sales)
- stars in the heavens (ships - navigation)
- music (ship’s company)
- water (ships - sailing on water)
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