The official "WTF" thread
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My daughters high school has a policy where all cell phones are collected at the beginning of class. I know some gripe about that-- but check out what this teacher did:
No reports yet on the ship that hit the support. Had the pilot left the ship at that point? Did it lose power?
Not sure if this link will work or not.
It looks like it lost power twice.
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It looks like it lost power twice.
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I am going to assume you are showing the ship has lights and therefore "did not lose power"?
It was simply the first pic I had found of the ship itself.
If I am not mistaken I believe some ships have a separate emergency generator in the event of main engine failure.
Ah, ok.
I was going to say they either restored power or have an APU for systems like this.
Here is the video that still was taken from.
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And I thought this comment and the previous video was a bit comical given the nature of this forum.
I wonder how long before the Communists blame Trump for the bridge collapse?
The bridge was racists, anyway, since it was named for the guy who wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
Build Back Better...NEVER HAPPENED....
Oceanslider
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Super tragic. They lost power. Full reverse smoke coming out of stack. A ship that big you can't stop. I bet they find out error by crew (intentional?, maybe), not pilot. But something crew error down in the engine room or electrical room
According to reports there was a Pilot captaining the vessel.
Oceanslider
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The USCG records all channel 16 communications continually. They have that Mayday call. I can't find that yet online.
mat200
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May have had better results not dropping anchor and reversing... that I understands would pivot the ship .. if they had rudder control that may have been able to coast under
We will certainly learn more soon ..
We will certainly learn more soon ..
It was stated very soon that there was no indication of terrorism. I wonder how they determined that so fast?
I have read speculation that ship systems could have been hacked. I wonder if that is even possible...
IAmATeaf
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Seems like most of the load was on that one side of the bridge
Looks like a span bridge so supported by both ends but take one end away and …..
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