funlovincriminal 163 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Holy Heka Sounds like Bridge had construction workers on it, imagine if it happened at peak traffic flow 😵 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 633 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Apparently it was travelling at 13kts and lost steerage and power, they had enough time to call in a mayday and clear the bulk of the bridge traffic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funlovincriminal 163 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Watched a Webcam recording of the lead up and collision. Definitely was making some speed alright. Was a fair amount of traffic on bridge eight up to impact. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aardvarkash10 960 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Amazing that only 6 people have been reported lost. The collapse was spectacular and disconcerting to watch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 643 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Learnt something too Didn't know ships have a black box. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Psyche 633 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Cant happen here, right! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 399 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Almost did in January with two tugs fighting hard to control a ship in strong Westerly , took her to Chelsea -then back down the Harbour when the wind died to the Port. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 68 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I'm told everything big under the bridge has two tugs. Obviously not guaranteed but a lot more redundancy at least. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rjp 4 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Definitely a sad day for the city as well. The port was hanging on a bit as the 105miles up the Chesapeake added a lot of cost to carriers. This could be the death knell. Over the years we sailed under that bridge many times, Also Wed night racing the harbour side for about a dozen years. It is a busy port and always fun. Was often cat and mouse with the ship movements and interesting to see if anyone got an immediate disqualification from5 honks -and it did happen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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