Disaster "Mass casualty incident" declared after Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses

No article yet as this just happened, but could be big. One of the largest bridges in the world according to Wikipedia.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/breaking-news-key-bridge-collapsed

 

[Norbert the Tiger]

Some lefties are upset by this. Where is the lie?

https://twitter.com/phil_lyman/status/1772647920124211378

 

[Xarpho's Return]

Investigators Probe 'Dirty Fuel' In Baltimore Container Ship Disaster Amid Mid-Atlantic Supply Chain Crisis

Maybe the fuel was contaminated, but you expect me to believe there wasn't some sort of incompetence at play?

 

[Tony Vivaldi]

Maybe the fuel was contaminated, but you expect me to believe there wasn't some sort of incompetence at play?

Yes, they do.

The same state that brought you this bright shining star: https://afro.com/jack-johnson-returns-home/

"Some say they believe that Johnson could make a Marion Barry type comeback if he gets his legal issues resolved. He was disbarred following his conviction and county rules prohibit felons from holding elected office.

“Never say never,” Charles McNeill, president of the National Baptist Convention DC & Vicinity, told the AFRO. “Black folk are very forgiving folk. Jesus rose from the dead. Maybe Jack Johnson will do the same. There are a lot of people especially in churches who still love him and think he was railroaded.”

 

[Android raptor]

Some lefties are upset by this. Where is the lie?

https://twitter.com/phil_lyman/status/1772647920124211378

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She is responsible for the ship not being properly maintained?

Maybe the fuel was contaminated, but you expect me to believe there wasn't some sort of incompetence at play?

From the people that own the ship, whoever they actually are behind all the shells.

 

[Norbert the Tiger]

She is responsible for the ship not being properly maintained?

Remains to be determined but I am betting yes. There had to be some sort oflapse in inspection or oversight that should have caught whatever criminal neglect in maintenance ld to such a catastrophic power failure.

 

[emergenigger]

To play a bit of devil's advocate on myself, it really could be just a freak accident. Lord knows I've had my fair share of them in my career, but this smells more of incompetence and corner cutting than random unfortunate happenstance.

This reeks of curry and street shitting so much it's unreal.
I don't believe ship this size didn't have a manual override.
Even with the power cut down there *should* be a manual way to anchor, even if it were to cause trouble to the ship itself.
If they tried that and somehow that failed I wouldn't believe if it weren't due to bad maintenance.

 

[Sneed S. McSneedensen]

Who gives a shit

Ok, Nick Fuentes. Goddamn dude, are you sure you it wasn't you who actually is the /pol/ refugee? What's the probability that any of the six killed were people who are the problem with the U. S.? They worked, I doubt they were in a gang.

 

[m1ddl3m4rch]

Fuck off faggot, you don't know port from starboard.

Starboard is right, port is left. Go eat something Marge. You're not yourself when you're hungry.

Is there any race you won't shit on?

If I shit on them all, I'm not really racist, am I.

And why can't we point out and laugh at the races competing for last place? Some people groups do better than others. Maybe ask your chink husband if China is better than India. If he says yes then you married a racist.

 

[dustbuster]

Maybe the fuel was contaminated, but you expect me to believe there wasn't some sort of incompetence at play?

You're going to tell me they don't run tests to make sure the systems run on that fuel before just pulling out of dock?
This "dirty fuel" shit doesn't pass the smell test.
A plane will idle on the tarmac running its fuel and testing every system before takeoff.

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

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Popped up on msn.com

Yes, very good msn.com, that's why it's a Fracture Critical structure.

I'm surprised they didn't install deflector barriers decades ago after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse. They aren't expensive to install in comparison to the total cost of the bridge..

There are giant concrete piers on either side of the channel to protect the bridge piers. Unfortunately, they can only protect from a ship going straight at a bridge pier. The Dali turned into the bridge pier and completely missed the protective pier.

Well, it's all just water under the bridge now.

Upon closer inspection, you'll find the water is clearly over the bridge.

 

[Fascist Frederick]

>drive through a place you've driven thousands of times already
>die a disastrous death because a few room temp IQ pajeets actually rammed a fucking ship into the bridge

It's a fucked up way to die and India should pay reparations if you ask me.

I may not be mourning the loss of six people I never knew but I can wholeheartedly agree with this.

 

[footballteam]

She is responsible for the ship not being properly maintained?

From the people that own the ship, whoever they actually are behind all the shells.

Kind of agree with this post, as much as I hate DEI - this looks to be a maintenance issue by a third world company.

There are giant concrete piers on either side of the channel to protect the bridge piers. Unfortunately, they can only protect from a ship going straight at a bridge pier. The Dali turned into the bridge pier and completely missed the protective pier

Yup - Ill be honest, even if the ship hit the dolphin, I am not sure that it would have been able to stop it considering the force at play. It might of at least deflected and slowed the ship down enough to avoid the column.

 

[Oxyjen]

This could be all sorts of things. Clogged, leaky, or broken fuel line, bad injector, clogged or leaking fuel filter, et cetera.

Indeed.



"One of the engines coughed and then stopped.”

One out of the 4 generators. OK, then what?

“The smell of burned fuel was everywhere in the engine room”

So.. a fuel leak spraying on a hot manifold? A fire? Were they bleeding injectors and removing filters and spilling fuel everywhere?

“adding that the vessel didn't have time to drop anchors before hitting the bridge. “

And that’s at odds with other reporting.

Forgive me for being skeptical, but this anonymous source sounds like they’re telling a story.

Contaminated fuel is definitely a possibility, but even then is far more likely to be the result of poor maintenance rather than evil EPA mandates carrying out a Jewish plot to take your car.

 

[JosephStalin]

I would too if I lived near Baltimore

There is, or was, a nice gun shop right outside Fort Meade, MD. Fort Meade is between DC and Baltimore, but closer to Baltimore.

 

[Android raptor]

Could have been contaminated fuel+improper maintenance combining to create the ultimate clusterfuck of mechanical failures.

 

[Cheeseknife]

Some lefties are upset by this. Where is the lie?

https://twitter.com/phil_lyman/status/1772647920124211378

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"Not my fault. The white people who elected me didn't tell me this would happen or how to handle this situation. Clearly it's their fault."

That's usually how it'll be. If you succeed as a POC, it's your success (of course). If you fail, it's because whitey didn't tell him how to do it right.

 

[LaxerBRO]

lol run a modern container ship into one of muh roman bridges and the ship wouldn't even notice it was there

All this sperging about boat collisions reminded me of this:

 

[NvII iS 8ulLt f0R 88C]

Then you don't know enough about India or pajeets. Thankfully David Attenborough has an educational new documentary:

https://goyimtv.com/v/1381934058/Codex-Pajeet-II--India-is-the-worst-country-on-Earth-

Here is it on a site that doesn't glow. I don't like sharts myself, but as a fellow 56%er I beleive it is my duty to help.

 

[Shroom King]

Starboard is right, port is left. Go eat something Marge. You're not yourself when you're hungry

AKSHUALLY, starboard is "right" if you are facing forward (towards the bow) and port is "left" is you are facing forward (towards the bow). If you are looking aft, your left will be starboard and your right will be port.

You're going to tell me they don't run tests to make sure the systems run on that fuel before just pulling out of dock?
This "dirty fuel" shit doesn't pass the smell test.
A plane will idle on the tarmac running its fuel and testing every system before takeoff.

They fire up the engines 1 hour before departure, and put any additional generators online. Considering they were in a SECA, they would need to run ULSFO which can absolutely have bacterial growth if not properly treated. If the shipowner was too cheap to install a centrifuge for the ULSFO and have it constantly run on the service tank(s), I can absolutely see clogged filter(s) causing this issue. To reduce on manpower requirements, so-called auto-filtration units are installed for the fuel before going to the engines, and they might have 2 (one for the main engine and one for the generators if you are lucky). If this thing got clogged, lights out. Maybe the one for the aux engines got clogged, then the crew switched those engines over to the main engine auto-filtrator and that got clogged too.

As for dropping anchor, something tells me those anchor windlasses haven't been exercised since the last 5 year survey. It's a container ship, it ties up alongside for cargo, it has no need to use the anchor.

 

[Drain Todger]

Indeed.



"One of the engines coughed and then stopped.”

One out of the 4 generators. OK, then what?

“The smell of burned fuel was everywhere in the engine room”

So.. a fuel leak spraying on a hot manifold? A fire? Were they bleeding injectors and removing filters and spilling fuel everywhere?

“adding that the vessel didn't have time to drop anchors before hitting the bridge. “

And that’s at odds with other reporting.

Forgive me for being skeptical, but this anonymous source sounds like they’re telling a story.

Contaminated fuel is definitely a possibility, but even then is far more likely to be the result of poor maintenance rather than evil EPA mandates carrying out a Jewish plot to take your car.

Exactly. It's so vague, it could mean anything. For all we know, it was human error, like leaving a supply valve closed and burning through everything that was in the fuel lines, and the report of a strange fuel odor in the engine room could be spurious, or an attempt at covering their asses. The Coasties are going to have a field day with this one.