According to the head of a US investigative agency, who cited main inquiry findings, a cargo ship that collided with the Baltimore Francis Scott Key Bridge held a significant amount of dangerous and combustible commodities. The National Transportation Safety Board's Jennifer Homendy said that the ship was transporting 56 hazardous material containers totaling 764 tonnes in weight.
 
It was possible for a senior investigator to detect 56 hazardous material containers. During a press briefing, she stated, "That's 764 tonnes of hazardous materials, largely flammables, corrosives, and some miscellaneous hazardous materials, class nine hazardous items, which would include lithium-ion batteries.

On march 26, the cargo ship MV Dali, which was carrying 22 indian crew members, lost power and became unmanageable, causing it to collide with the bridge. Four of the six victims of the tragedy are still unaccounted for and are believed to have perished.
 
Investigations into civil transportation accidents are handled by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which has begun a "massive" inquiry into the event. According to Homendy, the investigation would entail "many different components" and might take up to two years.
 
In contrast to the current favoured manner of building bridges, the senior official pointed out that the bridge lacked redundancy.
 
"The bridge has a serious crack. This means that there is no redundancy and that if a part were to fail, the bridge would probably collapse as a whole. Nowadays, redundancy—whether it is structural redundancy or the ability to transfer loads to another member—is favoured when designing bridges. There was no redundancy on this bridge, according to Homendy.
 
The debris of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is being cleared away with the help of a huge crane. Authorities were still assessing the harm.
 
 

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30/03/2024 11:54 AM