The massive cargo ship creditworthy for thebridge crash in Baltimoreon Tuesday , had a previous , similar incident on its platter , reportsUSA Today .
The Dali , a larger container ship operate by Singaporean firm Synergy Marine Group , previously ran into a loading pier in Antwerp in 2016 as it was attempt to leave the interface , the newspaper cover . Nobody was injured as a result of that incident , although the front of the gravy holder was damaged . An investigating blame the ship ’s archetype and master for errors that contribute to the crash .
USA Today source its data fromVesselFinder.com .
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The Dalistruck the Francis Scott Key bridgenear Baltimore in Maryland other aurora Tuesday . The nosepiece , which spans the Patapsco River , after collapsed . At least two hoi polloi have been rescued and six people are currently missing as a result of the incidentand are presumed idle . Several cars fell into the river as the bridge founder . The ship had left Baltimore harbor and was direct to Sri Lanka at the time of the clangour .
Since the collapse , cabal theory have already taken flight online , with bourgeois pundits and commentators claiming that some nefarious plot of ground may have been orchestrated to engender the crash . Some havespeculated that the ship may have been cut up , but there ’s no evidence to patronage that .
lilliputian is known about what chance to the ship to induce it to veer into the bridge . The ship is said to have lost power before it crash into a newspaper column supporting the bridge .
Clay Diamond , executive director of the American Pilots ’ Association , who speak with USA Today about the hit , noted the “ unusual ” nature of the incident : “ It ’s probable that virtually every pilot program in the state has experience a ability red ink of some kind ( but ) it generally is momentary , ” Diamond enounce . “ This was a complete blackout of all the power on the ship , so that ’s unusual . Of naturally , this happened at the worst possible location . ”
Gizmodo reached out to Synergy Marine Group for comment and will update this story if it responds .
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