thor semi trailers 53 ft. long and up to 14 ft. high and may weigh 30,000 lbs. +

Consider the beam of that one vessel, its 158’ with an overall length of 984’. Yeah, big girl there. Almost as long as our largest carrier, the Ford. But narrower by about 100’

I was thinking the same, The size of ship makes the containers look like Legos stacked up.

Your right and just look at how many are on there and what massive ship it takes to haul that cargo. It's in sane .

Emissions equals 40 billion cars.

All of our infrastructure is deteriorating. It's almost like 40 years of Reaganomics underfunding these projects has prevented needed upgrades and maintenance (like accounting for ships being 10x the size they were when this bridge was built and upgrading the supports accordingly).

Get the Chinese to build the new bridge, a lot less time. Maybe a year or two.🤷 Key's bridge was poorly designed, domino effect.

1,000 times in one day?

@@justin8894 Where did he say "in one day"?

It will take that long to design and build, not to build. It will take two to three years to construct.

Not to mention the cars and trucks that got stopped in time before crossing the bridge. Those drivers were probably a bit annoyed until they saw or heard why they had been stopped.

2 American pilot were operating the ship. 2 american hit the bridge. Other indian sailors saved life by sending SOS when they saw those american pilot not able to handle ship

​@@amitkamboj1287 why you trying to turn this into a nationality war?

Когда перед тобой умерает твой близкий.Скажи спасибо ДЕРЬМОКРАТИИ!!!(

@@areyou0k98 'cause it's unfortunate that's what most folks seem to do on the internet these days. It's as if we have lost empathy for each other. 😞😔

Yeah, I saw the same thing....WTF?

And the state had looked into adding bumpers around those pylons ….. they decided it was going to cost too much.

They should have more protection. I remember the sunshine bridge accident that was crazy too

It's unlikely those power lines would have survived had the ship hit them, or that the bridge would have survived had it had the same level of protection. There's just too much momentum to be absorbed by any practical protection system unless it's physically isolated from the structure being protected.

So what I'm I looking at in the water just out from the piers one being along side the ship. Are those something intended as mitigation in the event of a ship pier collision.

They will.

No other option.

F them they were here illegally taking American jobs

Paradise is forever

Two survived, one unhurt refused treatment and walked away. The other was/is in serious condition but discharged from hospital within hours. Don't know about you folks, but two things would go through my mind. 1. HOLY FREEAKING SHIT!!!!! 2. Cha-ching its payday baby!

A bulletproof vest would not protect you against a Bazooka

Brilliant...@@UnfairEnforcer

@@UnfairEnforcer Except your analogy doesn't apply here. There are safety measures that are used around other bridge supports that are absent here, that absolutely would've kept this drifting ship from striking the bridge supports.

@@UnfairEnforcer look at the protection that was added to the Tampa Bay bridge that was knocked down by a cargo ship in 1980. The columns are surrounded by a circle of earth as well as concrete bumpers. They would have stopped this ship.

@@ebayerrthere is not a bridge in the entire world that could take a shot from a 200,000 ton container ship. Just stop. Learn some physics.

You pray to a god that let this happen and expect people who won’t know about it to care.😂😂😂😂

​@@unsignedmusic You make up a god of your own imagination, one that forces everyone to do everything right. One that does not allow people to make choices. That "god" exists only in your mind. The one actual God created you and everyone else with the ability to choose Him and to love Him; you cannot love if you are forced. So, yes, with this freedom people can choose to do wrong, and there are consequences. Your creation of a false god is idolatry. That, and your other sins (lying, stealing, sex outside marriage, not honoring the God who gave you life...) have made you an enemy of your Creator, and on your Judgment Day, you will receive justice ... an eternity separated from God and all that is good in Hell. Of course, God made it a way out for you, me and everyone: Accept His Son, Jesus Christ as your Savior. He alone lived a sinless life, and His death is the substitute for the punishment you deserve. You can ignore Him, you can deny Him, you can lie about Him. But when the time comes, and it will, you will face Him. Reconsider and pray. God will forgive you ... if you ask.

​@@unsignedmusicWhy would you blame God? He doesnt steer the shipping container. He gives every person free will. He doesnt make anyone do what they do. The only thing He requires if you want to go to heaven when you die, is to believe that His Son Jesus, paid your sin debt to a holy God that has to judge wickedness b/c He is holy. He even offered the payment. You just have to receive it, People have such strange ideas about the Creator of the universe.

@@unsignedmusic If you don't believe in GOD that's your friggin' problem, not mine.

@@ElCid48 If you do believe in fairy tales, that’s YOUR FRIGGIN’ PROBLEM!

1 month my prediction

Road traffic can be diverted, shipping can't. And also of course clearing the area will happen long before a new bridge is opened.

I was thinking the same thing.

It took 5 years to build the bridge, in the 1970s. The concrete stands are still there, if not damaged, they can be reused which will save a lot of time - still a huge and expensive undertaking, though… I reckon more than a year, but hopefully not 5. Unless the insurance companies and lawyers drag it out for a few years before work starts…

I think they'll clear the channel pretty quickly - The bridge is scrap so the above water portions will be cut up into small pieces and removed to salvage barges. There may be use of explosive charges to cut the underwater sections into manageable bits, but divers can do this and actually this is 'shallow' in terms of salvage - Hard hat divers can work long shifts at this depth

Have no clue on this, but is there to many cargo containers on the nose of the boat? Seems like it would be harder to steer and windows of captains room are barely visible.

And those are the containers you can see. There are more stored within the hull of the ship as well...

These are small container ships too. The US does not have big enough ports to fit the giant cargo ships.

@@ChristisKing117 Geez! I just researched a bit of the world's largest container ships. This one was less than half the gross tonnage of many larger ships!! That's kind of mind blowing! Dali GT is 95,128 while many others are over 235,000! Dali is 300m long while the larger ships are right at 400m. Good Grief!

This was built before 1980. Learning is linear.

I made myself the fun to look at other major ports in the world on satellite images and except those that had a little island around the supports I have seen few that would have protected the bridges sufficiently against an accident like this here(one near Macao thats 20m wide, maybe that is enough for a 50m wide ship). Dont forget the ships width in the front, at the deck height, is a lot wider than it is at waterline, you can see it at 4:00 . So the deck would have hit the pillar first no matter if there would have been a concrete bumper at the waterline. Also underwater there will be large deformations in the vessel, it overran the steel pillar very far, same will happen with a concrete bumper, the ship will just move forward with that much kinetic energy

@@_Dibbler_Are you thinking it can't be done in a way that will work? You're fired.

Don’t need to re-build the bridge to add dolphins.

@@MikeJones-rk1un Fired from what? It can for sure be done, as mentioned the island thing. Problem is: People tend to forget the safety thing as soon as they have to pay more taxes to actually afford it. (continuously, those islands wont stay long in a flowing river) Aside from that, I simply looked up what bridges would be safe from this and didnt find a lot.

The tug boats took the vessel as far as they were supposed to.

You have to have an accident first to implement those things. Took over 40 years.

@@jamesm568Not true, we did it here in the Delaware River because of larger ships. our bridges are protected. Besides, engineers have been stating this, should've never had happen in the first place.

I heard a news clip that said this current administration cut the funds by 40%. Hence tug boats allotment shortened

В опорах совсем не видно арматуры.

That's because they were built long after the bridge was.

People are all ready claiming, it will take 7 to 10 years before Baltimore gets back to what they once knew as normal. I wouldn't be surprised if they closed the Port for good!

Yeah, but they'll also be a job gain from rebuilding. Don't get me wrong, this is not a good thing.

@@Gerry-K You know, all I see in my mind is those huge car carriers and parking lots. The problem is.. once they go they're probably not coming back. They have to get the port re-opened ASAP. If you think about it - why go all the way up the bay when you can use Norfolk/Hampton Roads.

Florida rebuilt several bridges destroyed by last hurricane within a few months! And predictions to rebuild this bridge are 5-10 years??? Wake up people! Blue run cities and states ARE disasters!

@@Gerry-K They’re claiming that timeframe based on the Skyway bridge rebuild back in the 80s. Things move generally faster these days with updated technology and equipment.

there are 4 collision concrete dolphins but they are to small and to far away from the pillars. Don't know who plan this concrete dolphins years ago. But he forget that vessels getting bigger, the wind and the water flow. The old sunshine skyway bridge in Tampa/FL it was the same. No protection for the pillars and the bridge collapsed after a vessel hits a pillar. The new sunshine skyway bridge have a lot of concrete dolphins and also the main pillars are on little islands. This happened 44 years ago on. Enough time to improve bridges like this with sensitive small pillars. But let's build cheap we don't have maybe 10-20 Mio. for better dolphins. Now it will cost billions when the ware chain collapsed maybe for 4 weeks. The costs for the salvage and the new bridge will be the smallest cost factor.

YOU want to PAY for that on your property and income taxes? I thought not, neither did any of the residents struggling to pay their property taxes, mortgages, bills, buy food and all the rest.

Because Tug boats use to bring the in and out from under that bridge at some point THE democrats who run this state felt there was no longer a need for them to do so. NOW HEAR WE ARE! 47 years ships millions of ships have have been escorted under that bridge no issues because they have tug boats doing the work.

@@HobbyOrganist well now they have a new bridge to pay for, and hopefully the compensation when the relatives of the deceased sue the living shit out of them. Suddenly its looking like it would've been a cheap deal.

Just an average size ship. Modern container ships can carry over 24,000 TEU and measure 400 metres (1,300 ft) in length.

Tug boats in the harbor are optional to be used. It was discussed in a video, believe it falls on the Harbor Pilot to use or not use to navigate out of the harbor. I am sure that will come up in the NTSB investigation, but will we ever hear the truth about this incident.

Go back to smaller ships?

American infrastructure are out of date. The American government should open their eyes to learn from other countries!

Like paying more for less? Do you feel pride in your country when you pay your taxes?? If no to the above, you are the reason 😅

Yes exactly, This was definitely deliberate, not an accident it was murder, this is and must be a long read, sorry but, if you have some knowledge of how all motor vessels from a 40-foot boat to the biggest US Aircraft carrier behave when turning under propeller thrust at any speed be it 6 knots or 20 knots the action of the ship is the same, this is just for the mariners who know! So, I recommend that you not read any further, because I understand that most people without any knowledge of what happens on a ship when the engine stops? Well not that much really, the massive weight of the ship just continues the ship on its course that may stray as the ship slows almost to a stop in a mile or so past the bridge, BUT! this is when the experts will distract the sheeple, they will boor them with all the events previous to this evil event and the history of the ship, what the governor said and what farmer John said about this[event BUT! Always distracting you away from the evidence of this deliberate attack on America by the many people as yet unknown as you know, all big ships just like this one always behave in the same way, firstly a loss of propulsion is not such a bad thing because the ship was on course to travel under the bridge, it will still do so even if the engine does stop, there will be some extra drag from the stationary propeller. But the ship will stay on course because of the sheer momentum of the dead weight of the ship! Their experts tell the People, gosh the ship was just helpless and at the mercy of the wind and currents as if it has stopped? When in fact it was still traveling ahead just like the Video shows, their video also shows the ship turning? (Impossible at the speed it was traveling when the engine stopped apparently (unless someone has turned rudder) again their experts are saying that the wind and currant are causing the ship to turn towards the bridge! BULLSHIT! look at the water calm, no wind issues, the ship newer lost way, the engine apparently stopped but so what! The ship will still continue on course, as the speed very slowly bleed away, over the next one or two miles, the proof of a deliberate attack on the American people! thanks to their amazing video, it shows two telling things, forget about the lights going on and off and on, just a bit of theatre for the people, the video proves that the ship was under power when it turned to aim at the pylon, even without the full ahead smoke from the funnel that the EXPERST tell you gosh this is exactly how we experts start a ships engine that has just lost power! BULLSHIT! Just clearing the engine before starting it, BULLSHIT, this is a mayday emergency situation apparently start the bloody engine, WHO CHANGED THE SHIPS COURSE????? The proof that this turn intentional aimed the ship towards the main structural pylon was deliberate, ask all captains of large vessels even large private owned vessels! when a ship is heavily under power onto the rudder making a course change, what happens to the ship? Well in my experience it will lean away from the turn because of the weight of the ship is leaning away from the force turning the ship, yes their video was never meant to show this, the experts gloss over the deliberate turn telling you that when the ship lost its lean and corrected its aim look they were tarrying to turn away from the pylon, utter bullshit, it was a deliberate attack on the Global economy not just against the American People, 2024 is very important for the Globalist Monsters, there will not be an election in November in the USA, WHO PLANNED-DEMIC TREATY will be agreed to by most of the UN Member Country Government Politician TRAITORS, giving them the sovereignty to force you to be injected again because the WHO has identified their next Planned-demic! Yes it sounds impossible, or nonsense and much more than most people will ever believe is intentional! But Vaccine Passports are going to be your new reality this year or next at the latest! This evil will happen because the Globalists WEF+EU+WHO+UN agenda 2030 is getting close now, their “great reset “is fully supported by 190 UN Member Country Government Politician puppet TRAITORS. And most importantly for the Humans and Countries of this planet, TRUMP MUST NEVER AGAIN GET CONTROL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AGAIN.

@@geoffreytoomey682 🤡🤡🤡

Also count on the recession

Fact

👍👍👍👍👍

I read somewhere the containers were empty(?)

Yes exactly, This was definitely deliberate, not an accident it was murder, this is and must be a long read, sorry, if you have some knowledge of how all motor vessels from a 40-foot boat to the biggest US Aircraft carrier behave when turning under propeller thrust at any speed be it 6 knots or 20 knots the action of the ship is the same, this is just for the mariners who know! So, I recommend that you not read any further, because I understand that most people without any knowledge of what happens on a ship when the engine stops? Well not that much really, the massive weight of the ship just continues the ship on its course that may stray as the ship slows almost to a stop in a mile or so past the bridge, BUT! this is when the experts will distract the sheeple, they will boor them with all the events previous to this evil event and the history of the ship, what the governor said and what farmer John said about this[event BUT! Always distracting you away from the evidence of this deliberate attack on America by the many people as yet unknown as you know, all big ships just like this one always behave in the same way, firstly a loss of propulsion is not such a bad thing because the ship was on course to travel under the bridge, it will still do so even if the engine does stop, there will be some extra drag from the stationary propeller. But the ship will stay on course because of the sheer momentum of the dead weight of the ship! Their experts tell the People, gosh the ship was just helpless and at the mercy of the wind and currents as if it had stopped? When in fact it was still traveling ahead just like the Video shows, their video also shows the ship turning? (Impossible at the speed it was travelling when the engine stopped apparently (unless someone has turned the rudder) again their experts are saying that the wind and current are causing the ship to turn towards the bridge! BULLSHIT! look at the water calm, no wind issues, the ship newer lost way, and the engine apparently stopped but so what! The ship will still continue on course, as the speed very slowly bleeds away, over the next one or two miles, the proof of a deliberate attack on the American people! thanks to their amazing video, it shows two telling things, forget about the lights going on and off and on, just a bit of theatre for the people, the video proves that the ship was under power when it turned to aim at the pylon, even without the full ahead smoke from the funnel that the EXPERTS tell you gosh this is exactly how we experts start the engine of a ship that has just lost power! BULLSHIT! Just clearing the engine before starting it, BULLSHIT, this is a mayday emergency situation apparently start the bloody engine, WHO CHANGED THE SHIPS COURSE????? The proof that this turn intentionally aimed the ship towards the main structural pylon was deliberate, ask all captains of large vessels even large privately owned vessels! when a ship is heavily under power onto the rudder making a course change, what happens to the ship? Well in my experience it will lean away from the turn because of the weight of the ship is leaning away from the force turning the ship, yes their video was never meant to show this, the experts gloss over the deliberate turn telling you that when the ship lost its lean and corrected its aim look they were trying to turn away from the pylon, utter bullshit, they were straightening up after the turn towards the Bridge main structure to bring it down! This was just another deliberate attack on the Global economy, not just against the American People, 2024 is very important for the Globalist Monsters, there will not be an election in November in the USA, The evil "WHO PLANNED-DEMIC TREATY" will be agreed to by most of the UN Member Country Government Politician TRAITORS, giving them the sovereignty to force you to be injected again because the WHO has identified their next Planned-demic! Yes, it sounds impossible, or nonsense and much more than most people will ever believe is intentional! But Vaccine Passports are going to be your new reality this year or next at the latest! This evil will happen because the Globalists WEF+EU+WHO+UN agenda 2030 is getting close now, their “great reset “is fully supported by 190 UN Member Country Government Politician puppet TRAITORS. And most importantly for the Humans and Countries of this planet, TRUMP MUST NEVER GET CONTROL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLES FUTURE AGAIN.

@@geoffreytoomey682 🤡🤡🤡

I'm guessing you're not old enough to remember the Sunshine Skyway bridge collapse, or the I40 Bridge Collapse, or the Queen Isabella Causeway collapse... you're comparing this to Hollywood movies, rather than previous real life incidents of ships hitting bridges.

@@jimbobeire No film footage of those past bridge disasters were filmed like this because camera drones with 4K did not exist yet. Try to expand your imagination and analytical skills.

My is broken too.

Just like rebuilding Gaza

Don't worry the Democrats have the borders wide open it'll will be fixed for real cheap in no time 🙄

@@farido4151 Peace by peace.

By clearing the wreckage. The Corps of Engineers is studying the bridge to see how they can most efficiently clear the debris and reopen the port.

Yup. The work to be done will most likely be on barges or platforms using excavators and such to pull all the wreckage out and clear the underwater way for ships first. Then start rebuilding the piers and footings of the bridge, which i would recommend making 4 times bigger and beefier, then the reconstruction of the bridge can begin. But that will most likely be by 2026

The state deemed it too expensive. And you wouldn’t believe the people who think me and you are full of it and those bumpers wouldn’t have done anything. But those internet engineers….

@@kharnthebetrayer1575 And you know, actual engineers. No plausible protection system would have survived that without whipping enough to destroy the bridge.

@@willythemailboy2 odd .. which ones ? Since these guys say differently than your “engineers “ . ukposts.info/have/v-deo/nHadaGdpiquIu3k.htmlsi=QWjvTFmnnhe7QO_5. But hey you know engineers who spoke about this , you are going “ Just trust me “.

@@willythemailboy2 and they talk about how other bridges have protection from ship strikes, including Golden Gate and has a football field of concrete and sand around the bridge supports.

@@kharnthebetrayer1575 And how often have they been tested?

Yes exactly, This was definitely deliberate, not an accident it was murder, this is and must be a long read, sorry, if you have some knowledge of how all motor vessels from a 40-foot boat to the biggest US Aircraft carrier behave when turning under propeller thrust at any speed be it 6 knots or 20 knots the action of the ship is the same, this is just for the mariners who know! So, I recommend that you not read any further, because I understand that most people without any knowledge of what happens on a ship when the engine stops? Well not that much really, the massive weight of the ship just continues the ship on its course that may stray as the ship slows almost to a stop in a mile or so past the bridge, BUT! this is when the experts will distract the sheeple, they will boor them with all the events previous to this evil event and the history of the ship, what the governor said and what farmer John said about this[event BUT! Always distracting you away from the evidence of this deliberate attack on America by the many people as yet unknown as you know, all big ships just like this one always behave in the same way, firstly a loss of propulsion is not such a bad thing because the ship was on course to travel under the bridge, it will still do so even if the engine does stop, there will be some extra drag from the stationary propeller. But the ship will stay on course because of the sheer momentum of the dead weight of the ship! Their experts tell the People, gosh the ship was just helpless and at the mercy of the wind and currents as if it had stopped? When in fact it was still traveling ahead just like the Video shows, their video also shows the ship turning? (Impossible at the speed it was travelling when the engine stopped apparently (unless someone has turned the rudder) again their experts are saying that the wind and current are causing the ship to turn towards the bridge! BULLSHIT! look at the water calm, no wind issues, the ship newer lost way, and the engine apparently stopped but so what! The ship will still continue on course, as the speed very slowly bleeds away, over the next one or two miles, the proof of a deliberate attack on the American people! thanks to their amazing video, it shows two telling things, forget about the lights going on and off and on, just a bit of theatre for the people, the video proves that the ship was under power when it turned to aim at the pylon, even without the full ahead smoke from the funnel that the EXPERTS tell you gosh this is exactly how we experts start the engine of a ship that has just lost power! BULLSHIT! Just clearing the engine before starting it, BULLSHIT, this is a mayday emergency situation apparently start the bloody engine, WHO CHANGED THE SHIPS COURSE????? The proof that this turn intentionally aimed the ship towards the main structural pylon was deliberate, ask all captains of large vessels even large privately owned vessels! when a ship is heavily under power onto the rudder making a course change, what happens to the ship? Well in my experience it will lean away from the turn because of the weight of the ship is leaning away from the force turning the ship, yes their video was never meant to show this, the experts gloss over the deliberate turn telling you that when the ship lost its lean and corrected its aim look they were trying to turn away from the pylon, utter bullshit, they were straightening up after the turn towards the Bridge main structure to bring it down! This was just another deliberate attack on the Global economy, not just against the American People, 2024 is very important for the Globalist Monsters, there will not be an election in November in the USA, The evil "WHO PLANNED-DEMIC TREATY" will be agreed to by most of the UN Member Country Government Politician TRAITORS, giving them the sovereignty to force you to be injected again because the WHO has identified their next Planned-demic! Yes, it sounds impossible, or nonsense and much more than most people will ever believe is intentional! But Vaccine Passports are going to be your new reality this year or next at the latest! This evil will happen because the Globalists WEF+EU+WHO+UN agenda 2030 is getting close now, their “great reset “is fully supported by 190 UN Member Country Government Politician puppet TRAITORS. And most importantly for the Humans and Countries of this planet, TRUMP MUST NEVER GET CONTROL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLES FUTURE AGAIN.

You incorrectly assume that the usual barriers would have stopped this from knocking the bridge down. It would not have.

​@@willythemailboy2I agree everyone is a harbor pilot and bridge expert now lmao

LoL

FFS no, it didn't make a beeline. It is not a page out of Ayn Rand's forgettable novel. It lost power at the wrong place and the wrong time and due to momentum struck with Armageddon force. These cargo carriers have gotten bigger and bigger over time because companies and consumers want the cheapest way to deliver/purchase goods. It is as much to do with economics as it is to do with physics, not with libertarian preening.

I shrug at you!

If you read Atlas Shrugged you have brain damage worse than if you smoked crack even one time. Everyone I know who has read that book has glassy googoo eyes and cannot have a normal conversation any more. Have you met anyone like that ?

Oh you mean like Hawaii fire. Who is John Galt.

@@keithharmon7124 google is your friend

America is so done with thoughts and prayers!

@@unsignedmusic Yeah REALLY!! that krap is as useless as it is delusional! just ask any of the DEAD people who were on the Titanic how "well" prayers worked out as they slipped into the icy water. Or ask the 900 school children on their way to of all irony!!!: a CHURCH sponsored picnic outing when their paddle wheel ship caught fire, exploded and they drowned in NY's East River. The drowned and the burned bodies washed up on Brother Island's shores.

Bingo. Then people will blame their opposed political party for not reducing inflation when it's all corporate greed and the deflection will be complete.

Welcome to the capitalism that we treat like religion

I believe and know you are right

Timing is everything

Truth spoken.

How badly engineered don’t you mean. Supports pretty feeble by all accounts.

@@reynardbizzar5461 For that time in 77 it's right the one that didn't get hit held up. Let's face it that ship hits anything he wins. To much energy. That deck strip away right away that's scary. Them rods weren't shit.

The entire concrete support pier was destroyed in one go. Shocking footage. Shows how the kinetic energy calculations work. 100,000 tons multiplied by 8.5 knots. That is a LOT of energy to dissipate. I wonder if the bolts sheared or were pulled through the steel. They are a much harder steel than the structure.

@@fredfred2363 Can you imagine how many bolt were shot off. The ones pulled are still on the iron pull thru the gusset plate. Just the noise Fred. Mind blowing and deck separated right away them rods barely steady that deck. Immediately it separated.

@@reynardbizzar5461 Any bridge support will crumble when met with a force this big from the side. They are designed to withstand vertical forces, not horizontal.

You pray to a god that let this happen and expect people who won’t know about it to care.😂😂😂😂

Seems like the crew of workers that went down with the bridge were all migrants from Central America. So sad that these amazing people come to our great country to only lose their lives like this. I hope their families are taken care for a long time from this.

@@unsignedmusic You probably spend all day scrolling for anyone who offers condolences because you're just mad at the world...WAAAGH poor you!

Then Why weren’t the Workers Warned 😮Too many Whys Too Not Accidental???🤔😳👿

Port has been in that location for a long, long time, since back when the city and the ships visiting it were much smaller.

Really then why were they working without a Safety Plan???😮 Very Suspicious in Total.

​@@jamanne2504 Suspicious how?

@@jamanne2504 Sorry, I don't follow you. What safety plan? The ship's crew? The police?

@@jamanne2504 Geez, what a ridiculous comment!

Yes you can.

why not?..

It is a "container ship" or "port-container", both correct.

.... sofar.

It was the plan , but failed like most things , the Government does.

Looks like fowl fuel could've caused this. When you haul a million gallons of fuel it's bound to be cut with other additives. To cut costs perhaps. Cheap fuel can also gel in cold temperatures.

@@derrickconnolly9164 Fowl fuel? You mean like duck soup? Ohhh, you mean FOUL.

@@seeharvester I stand corrected. Thank you

Many times your so called arm chair generals have more common sense than the actual ones. But I digress.

BREAKING NEWS....DAN BONGINO I heard Obama is doing a sequel to his movie LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND. His chef was helping Obama with the script before he was found floating in the shallow water. He will donate the proceeds to his bridge Infrastructure program. It will feature an all Indian Muslim cast. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- President Barack Obama visited the Tappan Zee Bridge on Wednesday and announced a series of measures aimed at improving the nation's crumbling infrastructure. Only this time the barge does not land on the beach. The entire barge crew will be Indian. The star female will not be Julia Roberts. She was not Indian. It will be Lt. Governor of Maryland, Ms. Arunna to keep the script Indian centered. However the author will still be the same, Rumaan Alam from India/Bangladesh. Same for the Muslim director from Middle East heritage Sam Esmail. Being a Muslim like Obama, they will have much to share while filming. Coming to a Bridge, sorry, I meant a Theater Near You.

YOU THINK???!!!

That's of course not all they do. They'll take the bridge apart bolt by bolt and study every joint in the structure to see which performed to tolerances, which didn't, and how designs should change to address those issues. That the cause of the incident is obvious is actually irrelevant to their investigation.

@@willythemailboy2 Exactly! There's always someone who wants to be doom & gloom about EVERYTHING. The NTSB doesn't like to leave any stone unturned.

but how could it have been prevented? was it on purpose? where are the tugboats. what stopped the ship from going farther?

@@rw7051 Those are legitimate questions which will certainly be addressed. From the expert analysis I've seen thus far the ship lost power several minutes before the collision, which prevented them from steering or slowing down. That may indicate negligence or human error on the crew's end, which is part of the NTSB investigation. The river conditions that caused the ship to veer when it lost power will be investigated, and possibly changes in the approved shipping route will be made. The tugboat issue is not as simple as it may appear, as a ship having a tugboat still attached at that speed is suicidally dangerous for the tug's crew, but one could have been ready to push the ship back into the shipping lane. The point is something like this is never as simple as "a ship hit a bridge".

Settle down Mate. A few days is not going to make any difference. You have to develop an engineered plan first. That will take at least a month. The demo crews have to have a plan that does not kill any more people!

This is not the sort of gear that the planet has just laying around. This will take underwater welders to cut the girders to size, multiple water born cranes to lift the pieces out of the water. Vehicles that fell in will need removed. Containers that fell in need cleared. Concrete support knoecked over needs cleared. Divers and sonar will have to verify channel is clear. Possible redredge of the channel. Dali will head to a slip nearby for inspection, investigation, and repairs. Appears to be afloat and not sinking. TEUs on it will be transloaded to other vessels as everyone wants their cargo. Major operation requiring multiple skill sets at top level the planet has. And tonnes of money.

@@sammencia7945 Sam, I am an Engineer who works for Manson Construction Company out of Seattle, WA. We have all the equipment "laying around" to handle this medium size job. Google us. We salvaged the collapsed bridge on Interstate 35W in Minneapolis. And participated in building its replacement in record time. We will probably mobilize just one. maybe two, of our 300ton floating derrick cranes for this job. With their tugboats, and fleet of barges to take the demo ashore for disposal. Our diving subcontractor will easily handle all the underwater tasks you describe. And we have our own dredge fleet with sonar surveying capabilities. And I think there are a couple of marine contractors on the East Coast with the same capability. Handling the ship and its containers is also not a big job. There are US companies who specialize in this. Whether the job is bid as a hard money job, or time and equipment, is yet to be decided. This takes time. The biggest challenge in these crazy times is getting an Enviromental Permit to do the work! hahaha This will be the job that is the most difficult and you can guarantee with all the Federal Agencies wanting a piece of the action this will take many months! And of course we would love to bid on building the replacement bridge. Its design I'm guessing will take at least a year.

Think that is what they thought was TT on initial calls. It is more likely a cargo container that fell off the ship. If watching video, you can see every TT that went over the bridge. The last one definitely made it off before the hit.

that ship weights 100.000 tons... you really think a concrete fender would stop it? 😂

There were protections.

@@413. Did ya notice it stopped when it hit the footing. Build it right and it will stop the next ship.

@@christopherhughes6519 It will stop the ship, but it won't stop the ship from knocking the bridge off the foundation. There's just too much momentum to absorb.

@nelsonmachado7680- I will award you the BINGO! prize for the day! Many commenters have said there should have been barriers or "something to deflect ships" but you used the magic word: Islands! The proper protection, which I sincerely expect will be part of the new design, will be artificial islands for the new major support piers, that are big enough to GROUND LARGE CONTAINER SHIPS. In grounding large ships, the lifting of the bow onto the island absorbs and dissipates huge amounts of kinetic energy that would then be unavailable to disturb the bridge supports. Just make the islands big enough....

Was the ship in the right spot before the engine failure? I read it should have been on the far right of the channel or something(?)

amazingly ...no! The crew ,who were still able to let go the anchor must have made the sprint of their lives once they realized they were gonna collide none the less...no 'Micheal bay' special effects team could have made it more spectacular...

I'm sure it's absolutely nightmarish at best.

That area is a Major Port, Semi's (carrying every kind of freight, lots of heavy equipment ship from there) are thru there steadily plus that bridge is a major thru-way. This is going to be a major blow for the East Coast.

Always Power Money and Greed!! The hue and cry of today’s Evil Money Grabbers!!! Noo Morals 👿

Remove the bridge structure on the bow. Haul anchor up and tugs will tow it back to an overhaul pier. Not familiar with Port of Baltimore so not sure what facilities they have to get that ship up and running properly.

​@@olerocker3470Initial reports said there was an odor of diesel in the water..could that mean the hull is damaged?

The water is too cold. A 50 degree water temp only gives them 5-6 hours to find someone alive.

So stupid 😂

I will never understand how people can be this fucking stupid.

Crab cakes

I think the crew of eight road workers were probably on their feet. Maybe the two who survived were in the two trucks. Traffic crossing had been stopped before the collapse.

Probably just mapping the wreckage locations at this point where each piece is in relation to the ship and the bridge foundations.

That'll teach us for holding up funds...

You realize captains don’t command ships in ports right. Harbor pilots come aboard and take over.

Thye are required to only move the vessel from the dockage to a certain point in the river.

Guessing that will change and tugs will accompany ships into open waters. It’s a pretty simple fix for all the ports that have potential dangers that would require lengthy and expensive additional barriers.

I heard the sent mayday calls to stop traffic on the bridge. They tried!

Bingo and great questions

Did anyone see the whole thing on slow motion? It looks like quite a U turn to get to that part of the bridge

They dropped at least the port anchor, long enough for it to start dragging. Unsure about horns, but they did get emergency responders to block off the bridge. There were 2 (two) tug boats which maneuvered it into the channel, then left. There was a port appointed pilot controlling the ship (this is normal). It looks like the ship lost power/propulsion, which would render it difficult to impossible to control. There will be an investigation report with the full details on that, but those take a long time to produce. Bridge allisions happen from time to time. A famous example is the old Sunshine Skyway bridge in Florida, which was replaced with a different style of bridge that included protective dolphins around its main piers (a dolphin was hit the day before the opening ceremony). People have been yelling about US infrastructure being underfunded for years, we should probably have a backup port, along with more/better bridges.

@@MHus-bv3kx yes there did

You're not exactly safe on a plane either...Try walking!

There are easier and more predictable ways of wreaking havoc than trying to hack a moving ship and cutting power at precisely the right time, in moving currents, so it would hit a bridge. And this presumes that the ship controls are even remotely accessible. The problem with believing that everything is a conspiracy is it opens you to believing anything.