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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:19:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Jinxsters]
Ship hit it allegedly?
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:20:30 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Gloworm19]
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ID, USA
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:20:54 AM EDT
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Yeah, not good
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:20:56 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:21:22 AM EDT
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That would surely be an unfun ride.
  Dividing Impact: The Tasman Bridge Collapse |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:23:25 AM EDT
[Last Edit: SnoGoRider]
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That video looks like something out of an Apocalypse movie.
 BREAKING: Ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:24:41 AM EDT
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This is horrific.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:26:51 AM EDT
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Holy shit. That’s not supposed to happen!
So what do we think- competency crisis, failing infrastructure issues, or both? I am voting both… |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:27:26 AM EDT
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Holy crap! Can see cars going down with the bridge.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:27:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SnoGoRider: That video looks like something out of an Apocalypse movie.
HOLY FUCKIJNG SHIT!!!! RIP to the victims. 
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:02 AM EDT
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Oh shit. Mechanical failure I am guessing? That ship wasn't even close to where it should have been.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-bridge-baltimore-collapses-water-070114899.html |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:02 AM EDT
[#11]
That crazy on too many different levels
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:43 AM EDT
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Jesus Christ that’s awful, I’ve driven across that many times.
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USA
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:28:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tac556: Holy shit. That’s not supposed to happen! So what do we think- competency crisis, failing infrastructure issues, or both? I am voting both… The infrastructure shouldn't have been hit. Too early to call it deliberate but it's weird. I wanna see video before it hit |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:30:06 AM EDT
[#14]
In on 1! Holy crap!!
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:30:51 AM EDT
[#15]
New phobia unlocked.
How cold is the water there for anyone in the area? Those poor folks 
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:31:18 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Sketti]
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Holy shit, how can a container ship take down a bridge like that!? Was that a really old bridge?
Edit: guess it was built in 1977 |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:35:50 AM EDT
[#17]
Holy crap, that had to be scary to be in one of those cars
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:35:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sketti: Holy shit, how can a container ship take down a bridge like that!? Was that a really old bridge? Edit: guess it was built in 1977 Hard to say if he caught a pillar or not. Those cargo ships depending on the weight can take up to 2 miles to stop. |
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OK, USA
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:37:50 AM EDT
[#19]
Scanner just said 20 construction workers were on the bridge and also said the ship will not answer the radio.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:41:16 AM EDT
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Imagine driving your family across that bridge at that moment.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:41:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SnoGoRider: Hard to say if he caught a pillar or not. Those cargo ships depending on the weight can take up to 2 miles to stop. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SnoGoRider: Originally Posted By Sketti: Holy shit, how can a container ship take down a bridge like that!? Was that a really old bridge? Edit: guess it was built in 1977 Hard to say if he caught a pillar or not. Those cargo ships depending on the weight can take up to 2 miles to stop. Looks like it hit one of the bridge supports. Crazy! |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:43:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MaverickH1: Imagine driving your family across that bridge at that moment. The bridge looked kinda empty except for a small amount of vehicles that looked stopped, maybe worker trucks? |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:43:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lifter19: Scanner just said 20 construction workers were on the bridge and also said the ship will not answer the radio. That doesn't sound good. Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then. Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:44:55 AM EDT
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That's WAY worse than I thought from the news article. Oh my.
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ID, USA
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:09 AM EDT
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Anyone driving an electric car is fucked even if they survived the fall.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:38 AM EDT
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Holy shit
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:48 AM EDT
[#27]
Ship in question:
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:45:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:06 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BFskinner]
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They were far from where they should have been and the hit looks dead center on the support.
It makes you suspicious but the fact that it happened in the middle of the night would not seem to be what a terrorist would do if they had another option. However, I guess if it was intentional whomever hijacked the ship would have to work with the ships sailing schedule and not be able to pick a time of day that would result in maximum casualties. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:34 AM EDT
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Good sized trucking hub at sparrows point along with Amazon.
Watching that(ship smash the bridge) collapse is nightmare fuel. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SimonPhoto: That doesn't sound good. Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then. Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SimonPhoto: Originally Posted By Lifter19: Scanner just said 20 construction workers were on the bridge and also said the ship will not answer the radio. That doesn't sound good. Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then. Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop. |
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OK, USA
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:48:51 AM EDT
[#32]
Lights on ship went off and on a couple times before impact, also heavy smoke from stack so engines were running.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:00 AM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SimonPhoto: That doesn't sound good. Either a ghost ship (crew dead or incapacitated) or intentional, then. Note that "incapacitated" could mean "drunk off their asses". I know nothing about this incident, and definitely don't intend to cast aspersions on the crew; I lost an uncle due to a drunk barge captain a few years ago. My uncle was anchored well outside the marked channel and the barge ran him over anyhow. The barge didn't even stop. I know large ships once they come in off of the oceans from other countries, certified captains have to take over the helm once they hit us Waters to navigate through the rivers and lakes. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:17 AM EDT
[#34]
Nightmare.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Gloworm19]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BFskinner: Oh shit. Mechanical failure I am guessing? That ship wasn't even close to where it should have been. https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-bridge-baltimore-collapses-water-070114899.html Looks like he was operating on the edge of the Fort McHenry Channel, judging by the video and referencing NOAA Chart 12278. Obviously "close enough" doesn't count here. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:49:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:50:13 AM EDT
[#37]
Baseless speculation here. With the bridge taken out it's going to force a majority of traffic to use the tunnels. If it was an intentional act I'd expect a follow up.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:50:33 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Stlrain0341]
[#38]
Longer video that shows the "before." Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately.
link
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:53:08 AM EDT
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I used to drive across it twice a day hauling dry bulk cement out of Sparrows Point.
What in the fuck. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:53:17 AM EDT
[#40]
The stuff of nightmares.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:54:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BFskinner]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stlrain0341: Longer video that shows the “before.” Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately. link It may be the perspective of the video but it looks like the stern is kicking out to the left as the ship nears the support to get a straighter hit on the support. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:55:42 AM EDT
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Fox News said rescues trying to retrieve seven people from the water and the cargo ship is sinking.
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:56:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tac556: Holy shit. That’s not supposed to happen! So what do we think- competency crisis, failing infrastructure issues, or both? I am voting both… Big ass boat drove into one of the support pillars I would have to believe, that would cause failure in most span bridges |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:57:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Harmonic_Distortion]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stlrain0341: Longer video that shows the "before." Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately. link
The traffic pretty much stopped crossing just before impact so there was some type of warning. Mb construction workers saved lives by blocking traffic. Watch closely. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:57:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stlrain0341: Longer video that shows the "before." Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately. link
Based on that angle it does look like it turned towards the support pillar. Also, it looks like there may not have been any cars on the bridge during the time it collapsed. Sadly you can see the construction crew though. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 3:59:29 AM EDT
[#46]
 Key Bridge Collapses in Baltimore - LIVE Breaking News Coverage |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:00:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Stlrain0341: Longer video that shows the "before." Certainly seems that it steered right into the support column. Bridge went down immediately. link
Fuck. A couple of things I think I see here: First, there is no smoke coming from that ship in the very beginning. It looks like they really gave it everything it had, based on the volume of smoke. Second, they turned directly into the bridge support - but seemed to try to turn away just before impact. |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:01:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SamBoga:
 Hopefully they all survived, if not, hopefully it was quick and without pain |
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:01:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: bodybagger]
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Prayers for those on the bridge.
Curious about the ships crew and intentions. Does anyone know if it was going inland or outbound? Seems to me like an outbound ship wouldn't be able to embark without a harbor pilot on board but an inland bound ship could slip on in.... That's going to cause a heck of a shipping bottleneck on that river. |
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USA
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Posted: 3/26/2024 4:04:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: New phobia unlocked. No kidding. Some may remember the Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster down in Tampa Bay, late 80s I guess. I wasn't there for it, but rode across the replacement span at night before the original was taken down, and it scared the shit out of me seeing the end where it broke off, in the dark it was like a horror movie scene. I get sweaty palms driving across large bridges all the time. |
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