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The Mexican naval ship crashes against the New York Brooklyn Bridge – two dead and others injured | US messages

The Mexican naval ship crashes against the New York Brooklyn Bridge – two dead and others injured | US messages

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A Mexican naval ship came across the New York Brooklyn Bridge and two crew members dead and at least 17 other people.

The Mexican Navy said in a post on X that the Cuauhtemoc, an academy training ship with 277 people on board, was damaged in the collision.

Video published online showed the ship that flew a big one Mexican Flag, reversed and meet the underside of the bridge.

It shook the tip of his masts and dipped towards the Brooklyn side of the East River when the spectators fell away from the shore.

Marine cadets dressed in white uniforms were able to dangle from the crossbars of the ship after the crash.

new York Eric Adams, Mayor of the city, said two people died and 17 others were injured, including two who were in a critical condition.

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Witnesses said they had seen two people who were removed from the ship on stressers.

It is believed that nobody fell into the water.

The 45 m (45 m) masts were too big to clear the arched bridge and fell when the ship named after the last Aztec emperor sailed down.

The Cuauhtemoc, a training ship of the Mexican Navy, hit the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday evening

It was unclear what caused the ship to set up the course. The chief of police of New York, Wilson Aramboles, said the ship had just left a pier in Manhattan and should not have been led to the sea, not towards the bridge.

He said a first report stated that the ship lost the power supply due to a mechanical problem.

Pedestrians who walk along the Brooklyn Bridge Park see themselves as a Mexican naval training ship Cuauhtemoc near the Manhattan Bridge. Image: AP
Railings in the Brooklyn Bridge Park damaged. Image: AP
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Police commissioner Jessica Tisch said that the national transportation Safety Board would take over the investigation.

Mr. Adams said that a “uniform effort” was underway to “ensure that we take care of everyone who was on the ship”.

Since then, the bridge that is a main channel between Manhattan and Brooklyn has reopened without any serious damage.

A New York police authority is preparing for the Cuauhtemoc. Image: AP
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According to the Mexican Navy, the Cuauhtemoc is about 90 m long and 40 m (12 m) wide. It was built in Spain and sailed for the first time in 1982.

Every year at the end of the lesson, it drops on the Naval Military School to complete the formation of cadets.

The Mexican port of Acapulco, on April 6, on the Pacific coast with 277 people on board, the Navy said at the time.

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The Mexican consulate said last week on social media that the Cuauhtemoc – also called “Ambassador and Knight of the Seas” – arrived in New York on May 13.

The ship was supposed to visit 22 ports in 15 countries, including Kingston in Jamaica, Havana in Cuba, Cozumel in Mexico and New York.

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It had also planned to sail after Reykjavik in Island, Bordeaux, Saint Malo and Dunkirk in France, Aberdeen in Scotland and in other places for a total of 254 days, 170 of them at sea.

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