{"id":2244979,"date":"2024-05-15T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ship-that-caused-baltimore-bridge-collapse-had-two-electrical-blackouts-day-before-deadly-collision-federal-investigators\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:24:58","slug":"ship-that-caused-baltimore-bridge-collapse-had-two-electrical-blackouts-day-before-deadly-collision-federal-investigators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ship-that-caused-baltimore-bridge-collapse-had-two-electrical-blackouts-day-before-deadly-collision-federal-investigators\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal investigators reveal that the ship involved in the Baltimore bridge collapse experienced two electrical blackouts the day before the tragic collision"},"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\">44<\/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%2Fship-that-caused-baltimore-bridge-collapse-had-two-electrical-blackouts-day-before-deadly-collision-federal-investigators%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=2244979&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 container ship involved in the Baltimore bridge\u200d collapse suffered two\u200d electrical \u200bblackouts before the incident, resulting in the deaths of six workers. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the matter. The ship collided with a support beam of \u2064the Francis\u2062 Scott Key\u2063 Bridge, leading to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-as-journalist-is-murdered-on-outskirts-of-resort-town\/\" title=\"Journalist's Murder Shocks Resort Town Outskirts\">tragic\u2062 event<\/a>. Authorities recently removed the wreckage from\u2064 the ship using\u200b explosive charges.  <\/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>The container ship that rammed into a support beam of Francis Scott Key Bridge \u2014 which caused the Baltimore bridge to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/baltimore-bridge-collapses-resulting-in-mass-casualty-event-after-its-struck-by-cargo-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collapse<\/a> in March \u2014 suffered a pair of electrical blackouts the day before the collision that resulted in the deaths of six construction workers, according to federal investigators.<\/p>\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the March 26 incident that took place in one of America\u2019s busiest ports and released a report on Tuesday, saying that the ship, called the Dali, had two electrical malfunctions on March 25. Just hours later, two more electrical blackouts made it impossible for the Dali\u2019s crew to steer the ship away from the Francis Scott Key Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn March 25, about 10 hours before leaving Baltimore, the Dali experienced a blackout (loss of electrical power to the HV [high voltage] and LV [low voltage] buses) during in-port maintenance,\u201d the NTSB preliminary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsb.gov\/investigations\/Documents\/DCA24MM031_PreliminaryReport%203.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> said. The loss of power occurred after \u201ca crewmember mistakenly closed an inline engine exhaust damper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVessel power was restored when crewmembers manually closed HR2 and LR2 [step-down transformers]. Generator no. 3 continued to run for a short period, but insufficient fuel pressure caused its speed to decrease, and its breaker (DGR3) opened; a second blackout (another loss of electrical power to the HV and LV buses) occurred,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of March 26, the Dali suffered two more electrical blackouts before it collided with the bridge\u2019s support beam and caused the middle section of the 1.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-people-were-on-baltimore-bridge-at-time-of-collapse-ship-issued-a-mayday-before-collision-authorities\/\" title=\"Authorities report that 8 individuals were on the Baltimore bridge when it collapsed, with the ship issuing a mayday before the collision occurred\">6-mile-long bridge<\/a> to crash into the Patapsco River. Video of the incident shows the Dali\u2019s lights go out moments before it rams into the support beam. Six men who were working on the bridge at the time fell into the water and died.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking News: Mass Casualty event declared in the US after a ship slams into a Bridge<\/p>\n<p>The full video can be seen here.<\/p>\n<p>Developing story<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baltimore?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baltimore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bridgecollapse?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bridgecollapse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E5bWMovtjo\">pic.twitter.com\/E5bWMovtjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimFergusonUK\/status\/1772538786276053349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Dali remained stuck in the bridge wreckage until earlier this week when authorities used precision explosive charges to remove part of the bridge that was still on top of the container ship, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/baltimore-bridge-span-removed-ship-freed-precision-blast-rcna152065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>. Maryland Governor Wes Moore also announced that a channel should finally be open for ships by the end of the month, which would be key to \u201cfully opening vessel traffic to the port.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Days after the collision, the NTSB released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ntsb-reports-timeline-of-baltimore-bridge-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> describing the events that led up to the bridge\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround 01:26:39 the ship\u2019s pilot made a general VHF [very high frequency] call for tugs in the vicinity of the DALI. MDTA data from around this time indicated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ntsb-reports-timeline-of-baltimore-bridge-disaster\/\" title=\"Exploring the Timeline of Baltimore Bridge Disaster as Reported by NTSB\">pilot association dispatcher phoned<\/a> 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 said. \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 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><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=1711286276343000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0fBaWjje6IONihcMZ4R_jT\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Dali\u2019s mayday signal allowed transportation officials to stop traffic from traveling across the bridge before the ship struck the support beam, a move that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/8-people-were-on-baltimore-bridge-at-time-of-collapse-ship-issued-a-mayday-before-collision-authorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saved lives<\/a>,\u201d according to Maryland Governor Wes Moore.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal investigators disclosed that the container ship, responsible for the Baltimore bridge collapse in March, faced two electrical blackouts on the day before the tragic incident. This led to the deaths of six construction workers. 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