New details about the Crash Bridge Bridge Bridge Bridge after the Feds met in NYC to start the investigation

The ship damaged masts.

Photo by Dean Moses

Federal officials were in Manhattan on Monday Examine the Brooklyn Bridge Ship -Crash with a Mexican shipping ship On Saturday, a collision in which two crew members were dead.

Investigators from the National transport security authority (Ntsb) said the training ship, named CuauhtémocPresent Should go south on the East River – the opposite direction of the Brooklyn Bridge – when she left Pier 17 on May 17th at 8:20 p.m. It was on the way to Iceland.

According to Brian Young, the responsible investigator Cuauhtémoc Came about four minutes after the ship left the pier.

“A VHF radio program was sounded and asked for help in the area of ​​Brooklyn Bridge. Two further inquiries followed for help. At 8:24 and 45 seconds (PM), the masts of the ship met the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Young explained that the ship left the pier with the help of a tractor boat.

Michael Graham, a member of the NTSB, said the board of directors had put together a team of experts from areas, including nautical operations, naval and bridge technology as well as recordings, all of which met on May 19 in the city center of Brooklyn to discuss the first results of the group.

The ongoing investigation also includes interviews with the crew, an assessment of existing recording devices as well as reviews of guidelines and procedures.

An eye on bridge safety

After the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last year, Graham said that the NTSB had published a report that contained security recommendations for bridge owners. As part of these recommendations, the report asked the bridge owners to calculate the risk of a bridge collapse after it was hit by a ship, and if this risk lies above an industry threshold.

The report also asked the bridge owners to take measures to alleviate the risk.

“We have just received comments from the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) and we are currently evaluating it, but they have reported that they have carried out the evaluation and that their calculations are below the threshold,” said Graham.

Dot officer did not say when they carried out the NTSB assessment of the bridge except before the examination started. They also said that due to the crash, the inspectors had not captured structural damage to the 142-year-old Brooklyn Bridge.

During a preliminary investigation immediately after the crash, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD officials, FDNY and other agencies said that the ship lost power during his trip, which led to it going directly into the pillar of the bridge.

Graham from the NTSB, however, said the investigation was not completed and does not know how city officials received this information or came to this conclusion.

“We don't know where you got this data from. We didn't even have the chance to access the engine,” he said, adding that the NTSB was working with the Mexican government to get access to the ship.

The Brooklyn Bridge is about 127 feet above the East River; The ship has a mast height of 48.2 meters to a Press release About the ship.

The ship Cuauhtémocwore 277 crew members when she met the legendary bridge, which led to his three masts broke. Two seafarers who stood over the masts at that time died as a result; 19 seafarers suffered injuries and two remain in a critical condition.

The ship was on a goodwill tour and on the way to Iceland before the fatal incident took place.

The Cuauhtémoc is currently being established on the Pier 36 at the East River, while damage reviews and future measures are determined for the salvage plan.

The NTSB is that information is temporary and have to change, and added that the investigators will have a preliminary report within 30 days.