2024-04-01 17:50:27
The cargo ship that collided with a bridge and caused it to fall in the United States of America had problems detected in June, during an inspection.
Since its construction in 2015, the “Dali”, owned by the company Grace Ocean PTE but now being used by Synergy Marine Group, has been subject to 27 inspections. In June, one of them, in Chile, identified a problem with “propulsion and auxiliary machinery”, according to data from the Equasis system, cited by the Associated Press (AP).
The most recent date is September 13th and was carried out by the US Coast Guard in New York. The same system states that “the standard examination” did not identify any problems.
In 2016, an inspection in Belgium indicated that damage to the hull had impaired the navigability of the “Dali”, after it hit the pier used for mooring ships in the port of Antwerp.
The cargo ship “Dali” collided with a pillar of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and submerge into the river, along with several vehicles.
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The accident, which happened at around 1:30 am local time (5:30 am in Lisbon), left at least 20 people missing, and, so far, only two have been rescued alive, according to a spokesperson for the police department. local firefighters.
Ship began to capsize two minutes before impact
According to images posted on social media, as soon as the ship hit a pillar, the structure broke and, in just a few seconds, fell into the water, while the vessel caught fire.
Local authorities are now trying to determine what led the “Dali” to deviate from its initial course, as the ship began to capsize two minutes before the impact that would end up collapsing the bridge.
Both the local police and the Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, stated that there was no evidence that this was a terrorist act or even a deliberate one, but the FBI (North American federal police) has already joined the investigation.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge (named after the author of the lyrics of the United States anthem) was the largest in this city in the state of Maryland, measuring 2,632 meters long, and supported the passage of more than 11 million vehicles per year.
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Immortalized in the North American series “The Wire”, construction began on the Patapsco River in 1972 and was inaugurated on March 23, 1977.
The US head of state, Joe Biden, considered the collapse of the bridge in Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, to be a “terrible accident” and ordered its reconstruction.
2024-04-01 17:50:27