{"id":2208372,"date":"2024-03-28T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ntsb-reports-timeline-of-baltimore-bridge-disaster\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T14:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:28:31","slug":"ntsb-reports-timeline-of-baltimore-bridge-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ntsb-reports-timeline-of-baltimore-bridge-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the Timeline of Baltimore Bridge Disaster as Reported by NTSB"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fntsb-reports-timeline-of-baltimore-bridge-disaster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2208372&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The National Transportation Safety\u200b Board shared a\u2062 detailed \u200ctimeline of the events that \u200dled to the cargo ship DALI colliding with \u200dthe Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. This information\u200d was extracted from the ship&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-announce-official-probe-being-launched-into-catastrophic-loss-of-titanic-submersible\/\" title=\"Official investigation launched into Titanic submersible loss.\">voyage data recorder<\/a>, revealing crucial data such as \u200daudio recordings from \u2062the ship&#8217;s \u2064bridge and VHF radios, along with details on ship speed, engine \u200bRPM, rudder angle, and alarms. The\u200d National Transportation Safety Board has revealed a comprehensive timeline \u200bdetailing the events that culminated in the cargo ship DALI striking\u200d the Francis Scott Key Bridge in\u2064 Baltimore. Through analysis of the ship&#8217;s voyage data recorder, significant data was retrieved, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-committee-exposes-nearly-2000-social-security-numbers-of-republicans\/\" title=\"Jan 6 Committee Exposes Nearly 2,000 Social Security Numbers This is Republicans\">including audio recordings<\/a> from the ship&#8217;s bridge and VHF radios, as well\u200b as specifics on ship speed, engine RPM, rudder angle, and \u200balarm signals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National Transportation Safety Board has released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NTSB_Newsroom\">timeline of events<\/a> leading to the cargo ship DALI slamming into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The NTSB gleaned the information from the DALI\u2019s voyage data recorder (VDR), which provides six hours of data between 12:00 a.m. EDT and 06:00 a.m. EDT on March 26.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe VDR data is comprised of audio from both the ship\u2019s bridge as well as recordings of the ship\u2019s VHF (very high frequency) radios,\u201d the NTSB noted. The VDR also recorded ship speed, engine RPM, rudder angle, ship heading, and some alarm information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ship departed Seagirt Marine Terminal at approximately 12:39\u2028 a.m. By 1:07 a.m., it had entered the Fort McHenry Channel. By 1:24 a.m., the ship was underway on a true heading of approximately 141 degrees in the Fort McHenry Channel at an indicated speed over ground of approximately 8 knots\/9 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roughly one minute later \u201cnumerous aural alarms were recorded on the ship\u2019s bridge audio,\u201d the NTSB <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NTSB_Newsroom\/status\/1773156489609282029\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, adding, \u201cAround the same time, VDR ship system data ceased recording, however, the VDR audio continued to be recorded using the VDR\u2019s redundant power source. Around 01:26:02, the VDR resumed recording ship system data. During this time, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cargo-ship-had-engine-maintenance-in-port-before-it-collided-with-baltimore-bridge-officials-say\/\" title=\"Officials report that a cargo ship underwent engine maintenance at port prior to colliding with a bridge in Baltimore\">steering commands<\/a> and rudder orders on the VDR audio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1711722593099000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2BYobdhGnzBnBpziY8U6Zu\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAround 01:26:39 the ship\u2019s pilot made a general VHF radio call for tugs in the vicinity of the DALI. MDTA data from around this time indicated the pilot association dispatcher phoned the MDTA duty officer regarding the blackout. Around 1:27:04, the pilot commanded the DALI to drop the port anchor and issued additional steering commands,\u201d the NTSB continued. \u201cAround 1:27:25, the pilot issued a radio call over the VHF radio and reported the DALI had lost all power approaching the Key Bridge,\u201d The NTSM stated, adding that at roughly 1:29 a.m. \u201cthe ship\u2019s speed over ground was recorded as just under 7 knots\/8 miles per hour. From this moment until approximately 1:29:33, VDR audio recorded sounds consistent with the collision with the Key bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTSB revealed a timeline of events preceding the cargo ship DALI&#8217;s collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Data from DALI&#8217;s voyage data recorder (VDR) covering a six-hour period from 12:00 a.m. to 06:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday was analyzed to uncover crucial details<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2208373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2107850358.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2107850358.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}