The preliminary report offers the first explanation of the problems that caused the Dali container ship to destroy the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March.
By Michael Laris and Katie Mettler, The Washington PostThe bow of the Dali cargo ship and the collapsed Key Bridge.
In addition to the blackouts on March 26, the report described electrical problems the day before the disaster. About 10 hours before the Dali left the Port of Baltimore for a voyage to Sri Lanka, the ship lost power twice, investigators said in the report. Officials wrote that a mistake by a crew member working on part of a diesel engine caused an initial “in-port blackout.” A second blackout in port “was related to insufficient fuel pressure,” it said.
The report described a rapid-fire series of problems before the Dali struck the bridge, though their causes remain part of the ongoing investigation. The collision killed six bridge workers, halted most trade at the Port of Baltimore and raised questions about whether federal and state authorities are prepared to prevent similar tragic disruptions in the future.
Attorneys representing the city of Baltimore and a local business executive have filed separate complaints in federal court in Maryland against the Dali’s owner and manager, alleging negligence before the crash. That recorder captured voices - at varying degrees of quality - from the Dali’s deck and from radio traffic. NTSB officials have been mining those recordings and interviewing key crew members to get a fuller picture of the events leading up to the collision.
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