[Scan-DC] Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

[Mike Rumberg]

Scott's response above at 6:49am indicates the ship DID send out a warning
it had lost power and to close the bridge, and regular news outlets are
only recently now reporting the same.

As we all know from being able to listen in by scanning, with incidents
like this is the first casualty is reliable and accurate information. It is
probably a wee bit too soon, even for the Coast Guard and other federal and
state investigators, to have all the facts and chronologies down of who
did/did not do what did or did not happen (why do I feel like Yoda?).

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 2:53 PM Joel Kahn <jrkahn at att.net> wrote:

> 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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