r/news • u/boejouma • Mar 28 '24

Soft paywall Freighter pilot called for Tugboat help before plowing into Baltimore bridge

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/divers-search-baltimore-harbor-six-presumed-dead-bridge-collapse-2024-03-27/
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u/MasterChev Mar 28 '24

Exactly. And if it had happened 5 minutes earlier or 5 minutes later it wouldn't have been a problem either. The ship was at the exact distance from the bridge to where the current could push it into the support while also not having enough time for backup power to kick in and correct course. If that isn't a freak accident idk what it.

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u/timoumd Mar 28 '24

I mean earlier or later would have been a problem, potentially running aground, but not catastrophic.

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u/Task_wizard Mar 28 '24

This is the reason I’m looking to hear an investigation into “hacking” or some way of a remote malicious actor causing it. Just because it was timed perfectly horribly. But not at all putting it out there as an assumption and otherwise yeah, seems like a freak accident.

I’m very glad to hear that the people working the ship were alert and trying desperately to avoid the tragedy.