On the Record: Marine historian analyzes bridge collapse in Baltimore
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
- An expert marine historian and professor from Campbell University analyzes the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, and the vulnerability of our bridges and ports right here in North Carolina.
All Port Key Bridges must have islands around their support columns
The Francis Scott Key Bridge had no protection around its columns.
It's time to build right
Indeed , professor is right saying that painfull lesson should be lernt from Skyway Bridge Tampa. Few years before construction Baltimore Bridge the Tasman bridge event showed possible consequences of such collision , which means adequate considerations should taken by prudent constructors & operators.
So, they had sent the Mayday before 1:24:34 and they hit the bridge at 1:28:50. If the workman had had radios they would've been able to get off.
Just shows that "safety" is just a buzzword - at the very least their foreman/supervisor should be in contact with authorities
They were busy drinking beer
The only reason that there wasn't more traffic on that bridge, was because there was already police officer helping to direct traffic for the Bridge workers. Could have been a lot worse!
They are trying to suggest the people who signalled the mayday and those who turned the traffic away were heroes. They weren't heroes; they were doing the job they were supposed to do. But to cover up the pride lost they instantly start flag waving.
That bridge was an accident waiting to happen. There are no heroes here. Just victims of cost-cutting. And when one hears that by the end of this year, Elon would have spent 5 billion on his wet-dream space-X bs it's clear what type of person had been holding back the money that the government can use to rebuild these outdated structures. That 5 billion could build 12 bridges of Baltimore's size.
This was the whole reason for Biden's infrastructure bill. People were just waiting for something like this to happen. Only 32 Republican politicians voted for the bill because their party's politics is simply not to care.
Airline knew before 911 to short up air cabins.
Greed got them.
Good job Sal.
Our infrastructure, in this country, needs to be updated to accommodate these huge container ships, that didn't exist when most of these bridges were built!🤔 Excellent and informative video!!.... Yes..... our infrastructure is indeed vulnerable and needs to be updated!!! You eloquently stated just what I've been thinking!! ❤
And how are you going to do that make the river wider to get out deeper I don't know how you would improve it it's Mother Nature
@@mikekeeler6362 it was already widened and dredged 50 feet deep in 1999. I'm talking about protecting the bridge with disc shaped dolphins to block wayward ships from ramming the bridge and island like mounds to protect the piles of the bridge... aka: Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida. I do agree with leaving Mother Naure alone though! Too bad human nature has different ideas.
That is funny because the biggest complaint about Buttygieg in South Bend was he couldn't fix the Potholes and here we go with another Buttygieg Pothole story.
Nothing funny about this, you will loose power one day, and you will make a big mistake.
Army Corps bridge? Was reverse panic stop contributing to the starboard turn? Prop rotation??
The wreckage should be left in position as a memorial, god bless
If only we could sweetheart, but that is one of the biggest locations of goods coming in and out to other countries. It would be a great thing, but it just can't happen. They have to make a 700ft opening just to allow the cargo ships to resume coming in and out of Baltimore. 😢❤
@@Pebbles523 Can't they go around it?
@@xbomb87 I live 10 mins from the bridge and no sweetie that can't. There's so much wreckage underneath the water that moves around due to the currents. It seems like it would be easy to ddo, but they said they have to move like 7,000 tons of steel. It's a lot worse underwater than what we can all see.
@@Pebbles523 Not around the bridge, around the entire channel. There are other waterways that connect to Baltimore.
@@xbomb87 The ship could be hacked into.... Not the bridge. Unless it was a Draw Bridge 🌉
Just subscribed. Great piece! It's all too late. Praying for future generations 🙏
War's almost over for a while 😢
dont know too many people who can do every thing right in 90 seconds
Anything built over 70 years ago should be modernized around not only America but Canada as well..some of the bridges are rusted and old looking and sway and move in odd ways…same with these ships because it seems like these are old container ships just
re-outfitted with modern technology but everything else is old
The bridge was open in 1977, Thank for your little uninformed little opion
This bridge was not 70 years old.
Alvarez guitar?
POLICE IN PLACE, CAMERA IN PLACE ,SHIP IN PLACE ,I SUPPOSE THE ENGINEER WAS NOTIFIED FOR TIME TO CUT POWER , WAS THE SHIP ON THE RIGHT COURSE TO GO UNDER BRIDGE ,, IF SO SHOULD HAVE SLID RIGHT THRU WITH NO POWER.
Is that a high school gymnasium? All 50 people showed up
I sure hope the steel doesn't get sent to china
Should be whoever insured the craft duh, on. Captain
And I'm part owner in that vessel
Yes sub's are submarine
Dolphins or whales could have prevented this
,,True story
First of all, should American Federal and State, plus Cities Authorities, all be looking into and reviewing All Marine (inland waters or coastal, even deep water too) Infrastructure defensives measures now?
Not just bridge protection only, from commercial shipping vessels of all sizes colliding or impacting with either bridge?
Or with all types of Marine (inland waters or coastal, even deep water too) Infrastructure straightaway now, from shipping canal or rivers lock-gates, or port cranes and dock-key-sides, or fixed and floating dry-docks toon.
As well as all underwater laid cables and pipe networks, whether water pipes, or sewage pipes, gas pipes, oil and fuel pipes, or underwater telecommunication and fibre-optical data cables, or electric power cables, or underwater utility tunnels too.
Or road, rail or foot passenger cycling bridges, including lifting bridges too, or underwater train and road orfoot passenger cyclist tunnels as well.
Ports and Harbour breakwaters, piers, public and private slipways, yacht marinas, floating pontoons, ship repair and maintenance dockyards, water taxi and water bus or sightseeing boats, or party dinner cruise boats, loading and unloading terminals too.
As well as all the different waterfront residential properties, or commercial waterfront properties, plus public open space waterfront areas too. As well as all kinds of water sports and leisure sailing, boating and canoeing, wind surfing paddle boarding, even public swimming and diving areas too.
Then refuelling loading berths, or water loading berths, or sewage unloading berths, floating mooring buoy berths for Houseboats, or commercial barges, or any size of commercial or private vessels too.
Then there all port, harbours, channels, navigation buoy’s, aids, lights, cameras, water / currents, tides, temperature, pollution, weather and atmosphere marine monitoring sensor buoy’s floating all over the place too.
Even rivers and estuary’s, or inland waterways or Shipping canals, plus ports and harbour, as well as coastal marine wildlife and Waterfowl or Seabird and marine nature reservation areas, including mudflats and sandbars plus shadows that all need protecting to some degree too?
This is not just about so called only protecting bridges, from commercial shipping vessels of all sizes, colliding or impacting with bridges only!
Far too many narrow mind tunnel vision Politicians, at all Levels of Government now seem to think.
Or the equally far too many news media reporter’s, or news presenters and news editors, as well as every social media bloggers, or everyone of social media too, including so called marine experts are talking about while real not knowing what they are talking about.
That how this Baltimore Port Bridge Container Ship Marine Accident and Disaster, happen in the first place too, wrong decisions were taken by Port and Harbour, City, County, State and Federal Authorities.
Also this was years ago, not months, or weeks ago, or even days ago when this Container Ship left the Container Terminal key-side either. That lead to this Marine Accident and Disaster happening, yes everyone will try to blame the Container Ship’s Captain and Crew, or the Pilots.
Equally try and blame, the Ship’s Owners, or the Ship’s Operators, even the Ship’s country of registry officials too, or blame all of the above because they are just foreigners too!
Though when the real blame game, actually really gets going in a big way, it has not started yet but it is surely coming sooner or later. That is between the Baltimore Port and Harbour Authorities or their insurance providers and lawyers, City of Baltimore Authorities or their insurance providers and lawyers too.
Similarly with the neighbouring Counties to Baltimore Authorities or their insurance providers and lawyers too, or with Maryland State Authorities or their insurance providers and lawyers too, along with the US Government Federal Authorities or their insurance providers and lawyers too!
Also with the NTSB maybe US Courts too, let alone with Ship’s Owners, or the Ship’s Operators, even the Ship’s country of registry officials too, plus the ship’s insurance providers and lawyers equally.
Or the Ship’s Captain and Crew or their insurance providers and lawyers, or the Port and Harbour Pilots and their insurance providers plus association’s lawyers too.
Not forgetting all the American Attorney (ambulance chasing lawyers) and their Law Firms now lining up to represent, the families of these killed road workers on the bridge. Similarly start legal claims in Court for Millions of Dollars in financial compensation, from everyone in sight more than likely too,
The Blame Game, Will really Kick Off Big Time, publicly and everywhere too!
So should not only the American Government, needs to start straightaway a major Public Review and Enquire. That is in to All Marine (inland waters or coastal, even deep water too) Infrastructure Protection and Defensives Measures straightaway now!
Also the Canadian, Australian, British, New Zealand, South Korean, French, Indian, Germany, Japanese, Italian, Brazilian, Mexican, Dutch, Panamá, Danish, Egyptian, Spanish, Saudi Arabian, Norwegian, even the Chinese Governments.
All starting their own Public Review and Enquire, that is in to All Marine (inland waters or coastal, even deep water too) Infrastructure Protection and Defensives Measures straightaway too!
The issue of the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) black box, not recording vessels data, was it switched off by someone in the ship’s crew?
The reason the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) black box, did not record anything, if there is a ship wide electrical blackout or outage.
There is no data going to this Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) black box, from ship’s onboard navigation, propulsion, communications and steering, sensors and/or damage control systems too, there is simply no electric power.
Even though the “VDR” black boxes, have their own independent emergency electric battery energy packs, in case of ship’s electric power fails or is lost!
Which is shown by the fact, the Ship’s Bridge Voice Recorder (SBVR), or newer Ship’s Bridge Audio Visual Recorder (SBAVR) black boxes. Actually carried on recording what was going on the Ship’s Bridge, that is between the crew, the ship’s captain, Ship’s Engineer’s.
Also with the Port of Baltimore Pilot, who all were on the bridge at the time, or were look outs on the Bridge Port and Starboard Wing Stations too, was still all being recorded and the NTSB has this recording now too!
Commander and bubbaler
Being a truck driver historian analyzes a big boat hit a big bridge big boat won bridge fell down that was easy maby i should do this more tired of everyone theory
20 years to rebuild the bridge! So sad!
Everything we r have to pay double prices!!!!!!! Hellloooooooooooo
When you give me 34 trillion dollars you have say . Otherwise i am in command.. .
Mistakes dali
I've lived in North Carolina 66+ years, I don't know anyone that voted for Sleepy Joe, except my idiot cousin, she's from Moronville, Michigan.
Because you in a slave state
@@craftingretired Every White man should own several field hands.
That's about al they're good for.
Let's also thank Secretary Pete for his dedication to help rebuilding our critical infrastructure. I only hope he keeps his promise to our POC community. Racism has no place when designing and building our roads and bridges. 💙💙
Buttigieg couldn't even fix the pot holes in South Bend, at most his role will be handing Taypayer Dollars to already highly profitable Construction Corporations when the Shipping Insurance Companies should be paying for this. Buttigieg is an Unqualified Idiot that shouldn't be anywhere near the District of Columbia.
It's a shame Pete didn't do anything for the people living in East Palestine when the train derailed with toxic water affecting the area. He's a joke
I agree 100% @@matildajones6175
Really---how is a bridge racist? he is grandstanding for the cameras. He never went outside
Well if its that heavy why not have more then one to drop and why not guarded with other safety boats No excuse fix the stupid mistakes its 2024 stupid mistakes like this is amateur
No mistake.
I live in Wisconsin what could of prevented this Donald trump ya if he was president this would not have happened
The teleprompter has to tell Biden to breath, and when to fart as well, come on man corn pop was a bad dude
Lie
I never heard of this bridge until recently. I heard the bridge was racist so far the only thing that I've found is it's white.
BS, professor loves to ignore facts, in 1980 a ship already did "chip" pillar of same bridge. In 1980 they already knew there was a serious problem with this bridge (BS to talk about larger ships) , besides another accident did happen in Florida 1980. Even professor is still in ignore mode, he loves to wash hands of his friends.
hat facts DH?
Someone please tell our idiotic and absolutely incompetent and pathetic, brainless, and corrupt president that our hard earned taxpayer money should not used in any way, shape, or form to pay for this type of unavoidable disaster! Whoever owns the boat has insurance for these types of situations, so use it!! Finally, this was no accident whatsoever!! Insurance should pay for the new bridge, the cleanup, and family losses! And someone needs to be charged and jailed for absolute stupidity and deliberate, reckless idiocy!
sorry for your idiocy
@@vernonbrisley7110 I don’t accept your idiocy of an apologetic comment. You’re excused.
Who has time to wait for that do you not understand commerce has to move through that port I guess you don't😂
@@craftingretired agreed. Insurance company can easily pay what they are required to pay right away!!! That’s what they are in business to do and what they specialize in doing. Enforcement needs to come down hard on them to pay quickly and not in 5 years or more, which they all love to do!!
Just add the cost of the bridge to the pot with whatever aid for foreign countries and illegal immigrants. Lump into one bill that no one has time to read and blame the conservatives for not passing it. Nothing to see here
If anyone tells you this was an accident- they are lying to you.