Thread: Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

It's astonishing that the toll is as low as it is. Apart from the usual hysteria from the MSM, news is still quite sketchy, but there are reports of workers who could see what was happening and managed to stop traffic. If true then they get medals imo.

Amazing how fragile are things we take for granted.

Originally Posted by Tins

It's astonishing that the toll is as low as it is. Apart from the usual hysteria from the MSM, news is still quite sketchy, but there are reports of workers who could see what was happening and managed to stop traffic. If true then they get medals imo.

Amazing how fragile are things we take for granted.

All still missing, so posthumously.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

All still missing, so posthumously.

Water temp didn't give them much chance.

Latest I have heard is there was a Mayday call which alerted police to close the roads. True? dunno.

Ive heard the same reported and a total electrical failure.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Ive heard the same reported and a total electrical failure.

Tweeeder had that a Mayday was broadcast, received and immediately acted on by (Port?) Authorities to close/stop road traffic.

But with a single-screw vessel, they were behind the 8 ball from the start, cos going full REVERSE. - to try a stop . would only walk the Blunt End towards the ship's LEFT / Port, effectively making a RIGHT turn as many thousands of tons were still going forwards...
- Into the pillar.

Originally Posted by superquag

Tweeeder had that a Mayday was broadcast, received and immediately acted on by (Port?) Authorities to close/stop road traffic.

But with a single-screw vessel, they were behind the 8 ball from the start, cos going full REVERSE. - to try a stop . would only walk the Blunt End towards the ship's LEFT / Port, effectively making a RIGHT turn as many thousands of tons were still going forwards...
- Into the pillar.

Well, helloooooo Sailor.

From the first images I thought that bridge looked quite feeble & lacked more supports but was opened in 1977(some say although I believed it was much older but that could have been an original bridge on that site )

An OZ Engineer was interviewed on ABC saying how that build of design meant that all spans were locked together whereas bridges in OZ are separated from each other for this very reason & only one span would have dropped although possibly two as they were joined at the common point, the support. The Tassie bridge is like he described it as it is now but it is reinforced Concrete (I think???? or maybe not)

Wasn't aware Ships had "Black Boxes". She had 2 Pilots on board. Maybe one was a dab hand with insulation tape & junction boxes & ****ed up?
Can see possible future problems with the Electric Propulsion Pods which seem so popular these days.