[Scan-DC] Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

[Joel Kahn]

There should have been a harbor pilot on the bridge and why didn't he notify anyone when the ship first lost power, which was several minutes before the impact.
Scary to think how many times I have gone over in my car and under on a cruise ship in the past many years.
Joel 
 

    On Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 10:47:18 AM EDT, Joseph M. Durnal <joseph.durnal at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 ok, sounds like the first dispatch was from MDTA Police on the Ft. McHenry
/ Harbor Tunnel channel at 1:27:53
Their officer was the first to report the collapse at 1:29:27
These timestamps are based on broadcastify, which can be slightly delayed,
but it is usually only a few s seconds.


On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 8:18 AM Joseph M. Durnal <joseph.durnal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Seems like the first call from the broadcastify archives was from Key
> Bridge Maintenance at 1:28:14am (those time stamps can be a little behind,
> but usually not much).  Video timestamp shows the  impact at 1:28:45am.
> MDTA Police first call at 1:32.  Baltimore City Fire  dispatch 1:39.
> Baltimore County sent an engine to the EZ Pass at 1:41, and dispatched a
> rescue assignment at 1:49.  Can't seem to find any marine radio recordings
> for the area.
>
> Having boated in the area, I know there are concrete pillars in line with
> the main bridge pillars, it had to be pretty unlucky to miss one of them
> and hit  the bridge.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 6:49 AM Scott KB3JQQ via Scan-DC <
> scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>> I was listening to the Key Bridge TG. About 5 minutes before
>> it happened, a call came out that there was a ship that had
>> lost it's steering and to close off the bridge until is passes.
>> They didn't get it closed in time, and at 0129 I heard an
>> officer say the bridge is gone, the top is missing.
>>
>>
>> On 2024-03-26 05:49, Iain McFadyen via Scan-DC wrote:
>> > Did anyone capture any marine traffic prior to the ship hitting the
>> > bridge, to see if there were any emergency messages sent from the ship
>> > prior to the collision?
>> > Iain
>> >
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