New video shows aftermath of Baltimore bridge collapse
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- Опубликовано: 27 мар 2024
- New video released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows some of the aftermath of the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the latest on the NTSB's investigation.
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Shout out to the officers that stopped traffic
that was their jobs. they never did anything special. no one knew the whole bridge would collapse. all they hear a boat going to hit it maybe. the rode a police car and blocked traffic.
@@percywhitehead9228 I bet the can pass 4th grade English.
@stuwest3653 you #unt
You no better than ****.
IMHO.
DrongO.
@@stuwest3653uhhh pardon??
@@stuwest3653😂😂😂
Those poor working men and their poor families. My heart goes out to them. :(
Rules don't change until people die goes for safety aswell rip men!
It's a damn shame fr.
Rules what rules? What are you even talking about?
@@lawabidingdad
@@1JRVenom Take it easy big guy
Ilegals
I don't understand how they had enough time to stop traffic but not to send the workers off the bridge
I imagine its just one call and they can contact police and alot harder to get a hold of a roading contractor, they did say there was only 1 - 2 minutes for them to stop the traffic
Seriously! It makes no sense . Construction workers have phones and walky talkies 1-2 mins should be enough time to get off the bridge what the he'll architect designs a bridge that will collapse with one support being broken? And why were the ends of the metal flaming when they broke? I know metal gets hot when bent but, flames really? 🤯
@@lpsstacy the problem is not the architect or the engineers, they built a solid bridge that stood for 50 years. The problem is how the hell does a containership loose control, how can it not be stopped and how was there no appropriate warning. Bridges are not the designed for a ginormous containership to crash into them
@@HansPeter-ve4nt ok gotcha . Yes those are definitely good questions. 👍
@@lpsstacy maybe you need to think about it more. It doesn't say what they were doing but possible they were actually working, harnessed in and using loud equipment.
How on earth does it take upwards of 2 years for this to be investigated?!
If its anything like the FAA investigations, they will collect every single piece of the wreck before they start fully investigating. Idk anything about the NTSB though so probably wrong.
Because the government is doing it. Any further questions?
Cover up
The black box might not have been working and now the ship is damaged. They have to get all that cargo off, tow the ship(if that’s possible) to a dock and then begin going through the debris.
You'd prefer to go with what RUclipsr's blame it on in the first week?
I feel so terrible for the families of the victims, so unnecessary and tragic 😢
They all had giant heads
@@Afterlife7377 did they drop you on your head as a child?
Those of us outside that area need to understand the bridge also carries I-695, and neither I-95 nor I-895 are capable of carrying that much traffic (both use tunnels to go under the harbor and cannot carry hazardous materials). The other part of I-695, which swings to the west of Baltimore, will have to carry the load, creating moving parking lots back around to I-95.
Hell that was everyday even before this issue.
I've driven there, so I know your traffic was bad already, it's going to be hell traffic for you all for a bit now, I feel sorry for all of you, and your historical bridge and the victims
@@james-rd4dq Literally!! You ain't lying
Thanks 4 the valuable info !
this is at least somewhat mitigated by the fact that while the port is closed, much of that traffic won't flow. the real hell will come when the port reopens, which will be long before the bridge can be rebuilt
some of the traffic will probably move to wilmington or philadelphia, but that's just going to have to come down I-95 (through baltimore) to get to washington anyway. so yeah, baltimore traffic is gonna be worse than usual for many many months
“There is no threat to the public with the hazards onboard.”
Isn’t that an oxymoron?
I hope they hugely compensate those poor souls that lost their lives. So sorry for their families. RIP
Giant heads
Exactly how can they possibly compensate "the poor souls" that lost their life??????
@@jasonfielder8138i think they meant compensate the families of the lost
Was there no way to have warned the construction crew?? 😢
Two minutes... the problem is relaying the message to the crew, and there was no way those trucks were gonna reverse down bridge in 45 seconds, unfortunately.
Probably not, construction equipment is very loud.
@@MarloSoBalJrbut they had the time to shut down the road
They were under the bridge. Even receiving the alarm, they hadn't had enough time to scape😢
Baltimore is incompotent
Hi CBS. It’s not a voice data recorder. It’s a voyage data recorder. It does pick up voices but so much more than that. Please correct.
yeah, you're the only one that cares about that. eveyone else knows it records voice and which controls were being used.
I can tell you have not been able to do anything else in the past 2 days but watch the bridge collapse news😂
Shoddy “journalism” when they get key facts like this wrong.
theyre clueless hacks. Dont bother. They seriously dont care cause most viewers dont know better and they count on that so thrive off their constant poor coverage of everything.
Like on Star Trek ?
My Lord. Strength and comfort to the family of loved ones lost😢🙏
Do they know what kind of hazardous materials fell into the river?
Did you hear the guy...its labeled Hazardous but you dont have to worry its not hazardous. *FACEPALM* as he casually dismissed the citizens legitmate concerns.
the hazardous kind
Safe and Effective.
will never forget@@toddcoon1730
Too vague to accurately say.
According to California, your hairbrush contains Hazardous cancer causing materials.
Possibly one of the the Dali's 10,000 containers held hairbrushes.
That’s terror …hope & prayer for those in that bad situation.
Just 8 days before this a different container ship slammed into the dock cranes too.
Really?
@@93adude Yikes, wow
wow how scary is that.;
It was a different ship
not true it was a different ship
12- 24 months to figure out what went wrong? I believe it takes time but that sounds ridiculous.
Job security
one thing to remember is, the dates these bridges were erected.. these big cargo ships, were not that many. hopefully more protective measures will take place,
with the not so modern bridges, to prevent this type accidents...
I would have to think, the new Francis Scott Key replacement, will be higher, over the entry point.
Once President Trump returns to the WH in January, watch how fast he gets this bridge up and replaced. With U.S. Steel!
All hazardous material is a danger to public health. Otherwise, it wouldn't be call hazardous. Honestly, the lies they tell.
Any product with alcohol in it (perfumes, hand sanitizer, etc.) is considered a hazardous material in shipping. It doesn't only have to do with being hazardous to people's health.
If you rupture a milk tanker it is considered a HazMat situation. Hazardous to transport, hazardous to spill, and hazardous to consume are different things. Heck, compressed gas (oxygen, nitrogen, NORMAL BREATHING AIR, helium, hydrogen) are all hazardous to transport, but of no concern to public health once released. So, no, not all hazardous materials are a danger to public health and many things you consider perfectly innocuous ARE.
Exactly otherwise they would not say hazardous
RIP, 🙏 to.the family
NO THREAT 😮☠️ JUST DON'T DRINK THE WATER.
Who tf drinks ocean water?
@@selectiveapathy Fish. 😆
Drink the water? I wont I already pee when I sneeze.
It's bad during Church or grocery shopping but I just blame it on sweat.
Incontinence is a really severe issue I hope Trump will address.
People talk about women's menstrual pads being free but Biden isn't helping me out with diapers.
This ship crashing through is analogous to my bladder being breached when I sneeze. That bridge is the flimsy diaper I'm forced to use. It's distracting at church and at work.
We need better bridges and britches.
So heartbreaking 💔 Thoughts and prayers to all involved 🙏Thoughts and prayers to all the families 🙏❤️🫂
There is the question about ships power system noting that previously longshoremen said they had problems at the pier . Also the bow thruster operates on electric was this in operation at the time?
The way the bridge just fell apart makes me not want to get on any suspension bridge
its impossible to clean up after all the chemical dump in the water.
What kind of chemical went into the water ?
@@chilkat_riverthey won’t tell us
RIP!
Prayers to all the families, that hurts 😢
Quite a bit of smoke coming from the engines of a ship that lost its power. Smaller cargo ships have at least 2 anchors while larger ships have more. Not one anchor is dropped in the water to attempt to stop the ship?
Tragic just
Any other Countries In The world Going to help?
why would they?
Of course not.
Singapore will. They want their ship back.
with what? It's not like saveable lives are at risk.
Please forgive my ignorance but being that cargo ships passed under this bridge all day everyday wouldn't the bridge be stronger and have some kind of reinforcements? Surely a boat has bumped this bridge before in the 40 something years its been there.
modern ships are far bigger than what the bridge may have been designed to withstand collisions from, having been completed in 1977. also the design being of a type where if one support goes, the entire thing comes down as opposed to sections that could stand if other parts fell didn’t help either
I don't think you understand how massive a cargo ship is.
Those cargo ships are so big and massive it would be like a freight train running into your storage shed in the backyard then saying I will pour a concrete wall in front of it too stop the freight train just makes a bigger mess
@@scottmc1855 after reading all the comments... it seems a lot of people think cargo ships are just rubber rafts, just a lot bigger.... smh
I don't know, and don't call me Shirley
As the ship approaching the brigde by loosing its control, he is not in the middle of the arc preventing collission between the two big foundation pier..
"How helpful is the video thats showing what happened?"
i laughed at that lol what a dumb question.
@mynameisabe905 me too, what a hard hitting question it was! 😂
Hoping the conspiracy clowns will shut their crap down
How old was this bridge
I watched the video multiple times in slow mo. My question is, where did the smoke come from on the left and right side on top of the bridge? Something seems more odd to me about this
I was thinking that some container ships could be turned into ferrie boats until the FSK bridge is fixed.
What do they mean that it's not a threat to the public with a hazardous materials on board what bulshit
There are many types of hazardous materials so it very well may not be a threat
the actual hazardous materials im sure were not kept up high on the stack in the front. These ships are obviously packed with more thought than you think.
are you going swimming in the river anytime soon? no one is thus is not a danger to the public as of right now. long term we shall see
Basically, hey, look that way, don't worry about this.
Any product with alcohol in it (perfumes, hand sanitizer, etc.) is considered a hazardous material in shipping. It doesn't only have to do with being hazardous to people's health.
The port is likely to be closed for 2-3 months. Even when it does reopen it will be very limited.
When the ship hit the bridge mysterious explosions went off on multiple parts of the bridge it’s crazy
Not many can see that. don't know why. I can.
I'm just wondering by watching the last few seconds of this video in fast motion, as the ship is approaching the bridge lights are out but the Smoke Stacks are billowing, so how does that figure into its loss of power?
maybe watch the whole clip and at the same time listen to what they say.
"There is no threat to the public from the hazardous materials on board."
There is no way that people believe that. It's actually getting insane how the government can just say stuff and people believe it.
Never ever trust anything the government tells you, actually do the opposite
In some countries the huge ports that deal with these ever increasing container ships are built or moved so they are downriver of any major bridges. Perhaps that is the only way to protect bridges from shipping of this size?
Can the engine of a ship of this size all of a sudden get stopped? If so, what may be the plausible causes? Is not it's a very old ship with a poor track record of regular repair and maintenance ? Is not it the bunker fuel used was a very low-grade one? Does the cargo ship have stand by engine in case the main engine on cruise is shut in the middle of a turbulent ocean? These and more are the questions one may ask to have a clear view of how and why the ship collided with the bridge.
NO
You didn't show the "new video"
no manual anchors?
and just like that the internet is full of everyone being a bridge engineer 🤣
Not funny
@@saraswinerton7202 ok captain
This breaks my heart 💔
Again my question centers around the load. Could the ship has been overloaded? Could the overload cause the engine to malfunction? And, if there the engine malfunction, was it inspected before sailing?
60% of his capacity the have. That was not the problem. Also the vessel has a valid classification from his home port in Singapore. One of the biggest and modern port of the world. In Sept.2023 the vessel has his last inspection by a foreign port state authority. All was ok.
Such an extreme malfunction does not happen because of one error. This was a chain reaction of many small technical and most of the time also human errors. Without any electric power a vessel like this is a big 100.000 ton cork. The last rudder position, last throttle, wind and water flow decides where you go. Only your anchor can slow you down, but a 100.000 tons vessel very slowly.
The outdated bridge with insufficient protection against collisions had no chance.
They should make you in charge of the entire investigation!
Lol
@@muratti72muc Thank you for your response. I guess we will have to wait and see if your assessment is correct. I do not possess the knowledge for a discussion. Just my observation.
@@debradow7082I asked the same question… it looks overloaded. I can’t see where they could put another 40%… it looks like every possible spot on that ship has a container on it. I understand it may be weight of the container and I am guessing there are rules about putting the heaviest positioned in the bottom center of the load. Also, they’ve no line of sight for anything below the cockpit. I doubt they could see the key bridge’s support pillar. Shouldn’t boats loaded like this be tugged or at least escorted beyond critical infrastructure? Seems like an accident waiting to happen if they’re counting on complicated human procedures to overcome catastrophic risk.
wow, you know what, they should have an investigation to see what happened.
How without testing the water he can say no danger of hazardous ??? I pray for those families waiting to get their loved ones out of that water God Bless you 🙏 ❤️
I’m not sure but they do keep extensive records of exactly what is in those TEUs. They likely identified the broken ones and determined the hazardous material was not a safety hazard that would affect water in any type of way
Such a tragedy man, I live in the county and I didn't know it was this bridge that been hit, its so iconic to the Chesapeake bay & has been for years, been acrosd it before a couple times but prayers to the people who survived 🙏🏽
at least show the full footage from the bridge camera ffs
When do we learn why the ship's power system suffered such a catastrophic failure. Seems to me it should be easy enough to figure that out.
Alright, armchair expert.
24-36 months. Accident investigation isn't like the drive thru at McDonalds. You just can't order one, pay for it, get told that you can't wait at the window, and pull into a parking spot for someone to run it out to you.
This is why you aren't a ship captain.
What’s surprising is that their navigation computers are not encrypted to protect against possible cyber attacks,,,,, think on that!!!!!
The ship here was a Hyundai
In my opinion as a Master Mariner and Marine Pilot this accident
could have been avoided if Master of ship and Pilots onboard
allowed ship to maintain the speed of about 8kt's instead of slowing
vessel down when power was restored x2 onboard ship. Ship would
of passed under bridge at 8kt's. There was only light wind early in the
morning so windage would not have affected the ship to a large
degree. The slowing down of the ship caused the bow(front) of ship
to veer to starboard(right hand side) thus causing the ship to collide
with bridge foundation support. There was not enough distance
from ship when it lost power to the bridge to safely stop the ship
before the bridge. Best option in this scenario forget about dropping
anchor and trying to slow down using engine. Rather focus on trying
to maintain ship in navigation channel when power was restored x2
and with the speed of about 8kt's it would quickly pass under bridge.
Once passed under bridge then drop both anchors to slow down ship
and use astern engine movements to reduce speed when power
back on. The natural thing to do is to reduce speed as fast as
possible to prevent or soften any collision or grounding which might happen
however in this case it appeared to be the wrong decision.
Where was the Anchor ⚓
12 to 24 months??? For just a "probable" cause?
That's pretty fast for a major catastrophe.
Wow. I could understand that amount of time for a "case closed," but I don't understand what would take so long in analyzing the data adequately enough to arrive at what constitutes "probable."
@@adde9506 Wow. I could understand that amount of time for a "case closed," but I don't understand what would take so long in analyzing the data adequately enough to arrive at what constitutes "probable."
Crazy that boat was heavy and powerful even just drifting it took it out, lucky that this kind of this doesn't happen more often.
I.cannot help but wonder which port will be next or river.
R.I.P to those who lost their lives in this tragedy and my condolences to the families of those lost souls. I can't understand why it would take the NTSB 12 to 24 months to get answers to this tragedy. What an absolute devastating incident which could have been even worse than what it was without some quick action to try block off the bridge. My thoughts and prayers are with all who are affected by this tragedy ❤
how does this even happen? Missing some info.
Pretty simply when a boat loses power it loses steering it’s not rocket science
The ship lost all power, pretty simple. No engines, no steering, no lights, nothing. Simply a freak accident.
Going too fast??
@@jeffrypaye8607No. unlike a car, vessels need some speed to steer. More accurately over the rudder. This flow is aided by the wash from the propeller. At 8kn, under power, the flow past the rudder is of the order of 20-30kn. Stop the propeller and you loose steerage.
@@jeffrypaye8607even a low speed collision packs a punch with that much weight
The ship iteslf shipping maersk cargo is app 95,000 tones and ws carrying app 122,000 tones of cargo in app 4700 teu shipping containers. It can carry 10,000, 20ft containers That's a vessel with momentum of app 217,000 tones current shipping . Thats alot of weight for any bridge to stay upright 😢 it has had some issues before when it hit a pier in amsterdam,2016. Master and pilot were indicate as potentialy at fault. SAD TIMES, thoughts with all the families of injured and missing 😢
By law tugboats should have to guide ships from the ports to open water. Seems like a common sense thing to do and it would prevent disasters like this from happening.
Just sad!!!!!😢😢😢😢
The Capt should have not been allowed to leave the doc with a malfunctioning ship as he did.
What happen to the pre trip Expection be for the ship take off…. Someone not doing their safety check before the ship leaves
I am very sorry for you guys shout out to the ones that help😢
Why didn't the captain drop anchor when the power was lost? No, he just lets the ship drift for about 4 minutes and crashes into the bridge.
Can the anchor stop the ship before it reaches the bridge? Even at very low speeds anything that big is going to have big momentum.
dropping anchor is a last resort, as it may not actually stop the ship, they most likely attempted to turn which is why they veered right, but unfortunately lost ability to do that, these ships require about 8 knots in order to have the water flowing over the rudder to enable steering, i think the crew did well enough given their circumstance
They did drop anchor. But, that's not how anchors work. Anchors can drag, especially if the ship is already in motion.
yeah, why didn't he put the handbrake on?
Water temperature was the least of the hazards for those people.
Why is it always hazardous materials??
Weren’t tugs supposed to be there always?
CBS you're late. There was a live video of the crash and drop of the bridge so we got to see before, during, and after.
There's no threat from the hazardous material. Then why is it labeled hazardous?
If a mayday was given prior to boat making contact, why weren't those on bridge alerted to flee? Isn't there communication?
they were attempting to do that they didnt have enough time, the only way to let the construction workers know to get off the bridge would be to go onto the bridge, one of the officers who closed the road was waiting for another unit so he could drive to them without re opening traffic
@cptcurdlessdf1201 I am aware of this. I am asking why there wasn't an implemented plan of communication in the event of an emergency? It seems like a flawed system if no one could radio or call at times like this. It is just a question and my opinion.
They should alert the workers too !!
You keep showing the same footage. Where is the footage orior to it moving? Was there multiple blackouts?
It looks like it u turned into the pillar , look for the time lapse
WERE. WERE is plural, whereas was is used for singular subjects. This is subbasic in intensity.
Forgiveness if you're an extraterrestrial OR from the American South....
It must be so shocking still. My heart goes to all.
Act like they’d tell us if it was a hazard to the public 😂 👌
Not like you’d listen if they did
@@jimdino77i feel like ur comment is just here to cause discourse bc i dunno anyone who’s legitimately against an honest world power. This comment makes you seem so miserable, like you see something anything and you just have to disagree
@@goolish_loredid you read the comment he was responding to? He’s right as no matter what some people are told they’ll believe the opposite
They would but as Jim points out you wouldn’t believe them either way
@@goolish_lore No matter what the government told you, you'd disagree. Don't try and tell us otherwise
1:54 Is this the construction workers on the bridge? Why doesn't it show the collapse
sorry folks temu packages are delayed!
For the longest time i thought the boat name was "Dolly"
Some say a more sturdy bridge should be built. But there is time pressure so I suspect something similar with extra safety features.
3 years from now we will see. During that time Baltimore has serious issues. Grief will turn into anger.
Probably with the main pylons further apart and in shallow water, so ships get stuck before reaching the bridge structures itself. It's the only sensible way to protect the bridge.
2:16 Paid scapegoat: "There is no threat to the public from the hazardous materials on board."
Someone intelligent: That's correct...because those are still on board of the ship. What about the ones that ARE NOT ON BOARD the ship???
Paid scapegoat: (dial up internet sounds)
What hazardous materials?
What was it carrying to Sri Lanka?
Does anyone know?
Cops only had a 2 minute warning...
The NTSB boss lady who commented as to whether or not the video was helpful said that while was but that they rely on data to determine what's going on. Did somebody forget to tell her that that video constitutes a part of that data they're collecting? Absolutely ridiculous comment in my opinion.
She means additional info is needed, not just the video.
Really all that the footage gives us is a few points on a very bare timeline and that the problem was only with the ship, not the bridge.
why don’t we learn bru 💀
we had the 1980 sunshine skyway collapse and the safety measures in place since 1987 😭🙏🏻
The Bridge went down to easy
it was never designed to stop a massive loaded cargo ship...it was designed to carry cars...
boat fuel doesn't melt bridge beams!
@@apple54345 I dont know anything
Mine was a thought
How so, look at the construction of the bridge, remove any of the under support and its the same result. Plain to see
Nope. There are two points of contact for the box beam trusses to anchor too. If you remove one the box beam trusses come down, instantly. Gravity is no joke son.
There is no backup to critical controls when the power goes out? That's either a terrible design or they're covering for the shipping company.
This is why they have investigations
short answer no, whenever the ship is in areas where it would need backup controls, its designed to have tug boats guiding it, if this boat lost power in the middle of the ocean they would have days atleast to fix the problem
They don't have to pre-trip those ships. Looks pretty bad when right after you leave you break down.
Bro how ? 24 months bro only in America man … they ain’t no way this needs to be dragged out that long
I was wondering about the tug boats. But no time. Also is anybody going to be held accountable for no protecter barriers at all. Scary stuff to stop traffic but your already on the bridge. And one more thing i was wondering. If the water was alright why not be able to coast with out hitting the bridge even if you lost power. And if chemicals are in the water and the government says nothing to worry. Maybe worry.
All modern ships including cargo have backup diesel generators.
This cargo ship lost power twice coming in hot.
So many factors can be attributed to this tragedy; one in particular, is the slow dismantling of OSHA and other safety agencies. The US industry has become a ticking bomb.
Imagine how the family members must feel... knowing that thwir loved ones body cant and hasnt been found
1:05 I'm no expert, but did anyone else notice the concrete slab laying on the deck of the ship with no rebar in the center, only on the outside?
Just wondering: Was there no ships horn on that ship? And did it go off? That would have been pretty helpful to warn the people on the bridge that something was at hand. They are usually quite loud, especially in the night would it have alerted people.
Many construction workers are used to hearing extremely loud noises and sort of become indifferent to them. I just can’t imagine then foreseeing an accident that could take down their entire bridge like that
so they gonna let the other 4 bodies decompose in the river
@No! Where do you get that from?? SMDH!
Clearly you did not listen to the reporter. Stated they couldn't reach those ppl yet due to the debris. A bridge FELL. Vehicle could be pinned under, entangled in a lot of heavy metal.
You'd rather rescuers put themselves in an extremely dangerous situation? Would more bodies make it better?
@@marthalisk303 No Obviously they didn't. And Honestly people like that are getting on My Damn Nerves with comments like that!
Maybe 🤔 The Non-hazardous Hazardous Material Will Consume Them.
Why didn’t they drop anchor once it lost power could it have been done manually?
“People connect with it”
He definitely got that right…
😢The fuel for the engine was not valved in correctly. Do you think the petcocks were still misaligned when NTSB showed up?
With cameras all around at lake I'm sure there's more footage
Here in Vancouver BC Canada, On June 17, 1958, at around 3:40 p.m., two spans of the Second Narrows Bridge, then under construction, suddenly collapsed into Burrard Inlet.
Nineteen workers fell into the inlet. Among the 19 dead were 14 ironworkers, three engineers, a painter, and a commercial diver who died a few days later when he drowned trying to recover a body. Twenty others were seriously injured.
A Canadian icon, Stompin' Tom Connors paid a musical tribute to the fallen ironworkers with the song “The Bridge Came Tumbling Down” on his 1972 album My Stompin' Grounds.
Hopefully, a musical group will step up and do the same for these brave young men who lost their lives.
with respect from Canada.
This is horrible god bless there familys and makes us wonder how safe bridges really are it flattened so fast instantly like plastic
could the power loss because of the solar storm that happened tow days before the accident
No.