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Federal inspectors investigate the incident of the collision of the ship with the bridge of Baltimore

2024-03-27 17:36:27, Kosova & Bota CNA

Federal inspectors investigate the incident of the collision of the ship with

Safety inspectors are analyzing the black box of the freighter that crashed into the Baltimore bridge, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday, as rescuers search for the bodies of six construction workers who fell into the water from the collapse. of the bridge.

Another team is inspecting the damage to the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Safety inspectors will interview the ship's crew and other survivors, Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said.

The consequences could have been much greater if the police had not acted quickly to stop the traffic. Within about 90 seconds, after a radio dispatcher warned that a massive freighter had lost control and was heading toward the bridge, police officers were able to stop vehicular traffic on both sides of the bridge.

One of the officers said he was about to drive to the bridge to notify construction workers. But it was too late and the ship crashed.

The incident has caused the indefinite closure of the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest on the east coast of the United States, and has snarled traffic for the city and the surrounding region.

Emergency crews rescued two construction workers by pulling them out of the water on Tuesday. One of them was hospitalized.

The six workers who have not yet been found and are presumed dead are immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, the Mexican Consulate in Washington said. The Coast Guard said it is continuing to search for the bodies, 18 hours after they fell into the frigid, 50-foot-deep waters of the Patapsco River.

The Dali container ship from Singapore was leaving Baltimore for Sri Lanka when it collided with the bridge./ VOA





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