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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:19:29 AM EDT
Ship hit it allegedly?

Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:20:30 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:20:54 AM EDT
[#2]
Yeah, not good
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:20:56 AM EDT
[#3]
Does the tweet thing not work?

Ship hits bridge
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:21:22 AM EDT
[#4]
That would surely be an unfun ride.
Dividing Impact: The Tasman Bridge Collapse
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:23:25 AM EDT
[#5]
That video looks like something out of an Apocalypse movie.





Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:24:41 AM EDT
[#6]
This is horrific.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:26:51 AM EDT
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Holy shit.  That’s not supposed to happen!

So what do we think- competency crisis, failing infrastructure issues, or both?  I am voting both…
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:27:26 AM EDT
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Holy crap! Can see cars going down with the bridge.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:27:43 AM EDT
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HOLY FUCKIJNG SHIT!!!! RIP to the victims.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:02 AM EDT
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Oh shit.  Mechanical failure I am guessing?  That ship wasn't even close to where it should have been.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-bridge-baltimore-collapses-water-070114899.html
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:02 AM EDT
[#11]
That crazy on too many different levels
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:43 AM EDT
[#12]
Jesus Christ that’s awful, I’ve driven across that many times.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:52 AM EDT
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Holy shit.  That’s not supposed to happen!

So what do we think- competency crisis, failing infrastructure issues, or both?  I am voting both…
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The infrastructure shouldn't have been hit. Too early to call it deliberate but it's weird. I wanna see video before it hit
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:30:06 AM EDT
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In on 1! Holy crap!!

Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:30:51 AM EDT
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New phobia unlocked.

How cold is the water there for anyone in the area?

Those poor folks
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:31:18 AM EDT
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Holy shit, how can a container ship take down a bridge like that!? Was that a really old bridge?

Edit: guess it was built in 1977
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:35:50 AM EDT
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Holy crap, that had to be scary to be in one of those cars
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:35:52 AM EDT
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Holy shit, how can a container ship take down a bridge like that!? Was that a really old bridge?

Edit: guess it was built in 1977
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Hard to say if he caught a pillar or not. Those cargo ships depending on the weight can take up to 2 miles to stop.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:37:50 AM EDT
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Scanner just said 20 construction workers were on the bridge and also said the ship will not answer the radio.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:41:16 AM EDT
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Imagine driving your family across that bridge at that moment.

Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:41:23 AM EDT
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Hard to say if he caught a pillar or not. Those cargo ships depending on the weight can take up to 2 miles to stop.
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Holy shit, how can a container ship take down a bridge like that!? Was that a really old bridge?

Edit: guess it was built in 1977

Hard to say if he caught a pillar or not. Those cargo ships depending on the weight can take up to 2 miles to stop.

Looks like it hit one of the bridge supports. Crazy!
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:43:23 AM EDT
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The bridge looked kinda empty except for a small amount of vehicles that looked stopped, maybe worker trucks?
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:43:36 AM EDT
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That doesn't sound good.

Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then.

Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:44:55 AM EDT
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That's WAY worse than I thought from the news article. Oh my.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:09 AM EDT
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Anyone driving an electric car is fucked even if they survived the fall.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:38 AM EDT
[#26]
Holy shit .
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:48 AM EDT
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Ship in question:




Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:55 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:06 AM EDT
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They were far from where they should have been and the hit looks dead center on the support.  

It makes you suspicious but the fact that it happened in the middle of the night would not seem to be what a terrorist would do if they had another option.

However, I guess if it was intentional whomever hijacked the ship would have to work with the ships sailing schedule and not be able to pick a time of day that would result in maximum casualties.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:34 AM EDT
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Good sized trucking hub at sparrows point along with Amazon.
Watching that(ship smash the bridge) collapse is nightmare fuel.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:42 AM EDT
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That doesn't sound good.

Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then.

Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop.
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Scanner just said 20 construction workers were on the bridge and also said the ship will not answer the radio.


That doesn't sound good.

Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then.

Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop.
They should have a pilot aboard, that and a clear night makes me tentatively suspect some sort of steering failure is the prime suspect.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:51 AM EDT
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Lights on ship went off and on a couple times before impact, also heavy smoke from stack so engines were running.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:00 AM EDT
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That doesn't sound good.

Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then.

Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop.
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I know large ships once they come in off of the oceans from other countries, certified captains have to take over the helm once they hit us Waters to navigate through the rivers and lakes.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:17 AM EDT
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Nightmare.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:39 AM EDT
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Oh shit.  Mechanical failure I am guessing?  That ship wasn't even close to where it should have been.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-bridge-baltimore-collapses-water-070114899.html
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Looks like he was operating on the edge of the Fort McHenry Channel, judging by the video and referencing NOAA Chart 12278. Obviously "close enough" doesn't count here.



Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:43 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:50:13 AM EDT
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Baseless speculation here. With the bridge taken out it's going to force a majority of traffic to use the tunnels. If it was an intentional act I'd expect a follow up.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:50:33 AM EDT
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Longer video that shows the "before." Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately.


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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:53:08 AM EDT
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I used to drive across it twice a day hauling dry bulk cement out of Sparrows Point.

What in the fuck.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:53:17 AM EDT
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The stuff of nightmares.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:54:39 AM EDT
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Longer video that shows the “before.” Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately.


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It may be the perspective of the video but it looks like the stern is kicking out to the left as the ship nears the support to get a straighter hit on the support.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:55:42 AM EDT
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Fox News said rescues trying to retrieve seven people from the water and the cargo ship is sinking.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:56:12 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:57:00 AM EDT
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Longer video that shows the "before." Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately.


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The traffic pretty much stopped crossing just before impact so there was some type of warning. Mb construction workers saved lives by blocking traffic. Watch closely.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:57:54 AM EDT
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Longer video that shows the "before." Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately.


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Based on that angle it does look like it turned towards the support pillar.

Also, it looks like there may not have been any cars on the bridge during the time it collapsed. Sadly you can see the construction crew though.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 3:59:29 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 4:00:21 AM EDT
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Fuck.

A couple of things I think I see here:

First, there is no smoke coming from that ship in the very beginning. It looks like they really gave it everything it had, based on the volume of smoke.

Second, they turned directly into the bridge support - but seemed to try to turn away just before impact.
Link Posted: 3/26/2024 4:01:16 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 4:01:42 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 3/26/2024 4:04:20 AM EDT
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No kidding.  Some may remember the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster down in Tampa Bay, late 80s I guess.  I wasn't there for it, but rode across the replacement span at night before the original was taken down, and it scared the shit out of me seeing the end where it broke off, in the dark it was like a horror movie scene.  I get sweaty palms driving across large bridges all the time.
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