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    Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

    Cargo ship hits bridge in Baltimore causing bridge to collapse with several cars still on the bridge. Dramatic footage of collapse at link:

    https://www.the-sun.com/news/1088776...dge-collapses/
    Last edited by CaptUSA; 03-26-2024 at 06:38 AM.
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    BWA

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    In all fairness, it wouldn't surprise me if there was something messed up with our navigational system and markers/lighting as our infrastructure erodes.

    I'll let @AntiFederalist weigh in on this.
    Last edited by sparebulb; 03-26-2024 at 07:45 AM.

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    Holy $#@!...that's a bad one.

    Pray for the folks that were lost.

    At first glance, it appears to be an accident. Bridge strikes by large ships or barges are, while not very common, are certainly not unheard of.

    Based on the video it looks like a total "dark ship" incident and then the e-gen kicked in, but that will not provide propulsion or steering.

    From the amount of stack smoke, it looks like they got the main engine online just before collision and tried "backing down" as hard as they could, but it was too late.

    There would have been a US pilot onboard at that time, so it will be interesting to review his account and electronic nav data.
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    'Ship Lost Power Before Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore' (6:39)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbUXewlQDk

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    Looks deliberate, turns right into the bridge support. Any mechanical/electrical failure excuses could easily cover up a deliberate act.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Holy $#@!...that's a bad one.

    Pray for the folks that were lost.

    At first glance, it appears to be an accident. Bridge strikes by large ships or barges are, while not very common, are certainly not unheard of.

    Based on the video it looks like a total "dark ship" incident and then the e-gen kicked in, but that will not provide propulsion or steering.

    From the amount of stack smoke, it looks like they got the main engine online just before collision and tried "backing down" as hard as they could, but it was too late.

    There would have been a US pilot onboard at that time, so it will be interesting to review his account and electronic nav data.
    It appears that the ship lost power and control afterwards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spudea View Post
    Looks deliberate, turns right into the bridge support. Any mechanical/electrical failure excuses could easily cover up a deliberate act.
    There were some Urkanians on twitter celebrating the destruction of the bridge.



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    ... according to the Baltimore Banner's Justin Fenton, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has confirmed that the whole incident could have been much worse — and thanks to timely actions from the ship's crew, many lives may have been saved.

    Per the governor, the ship's collision was due to a power loss that disabled their ability to navigate — but those on board issued a mayday call to emergency officials onshore, and they were able to restrict the traffic going over the bridge. As it was, some cars were reportedly on the bridge when it went down, but many more might have been otherwise.
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    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/th...se/ar-BB1kz6Wd

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valli6 View Post
    'Ship Lost Power Before Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore' (6:39)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbUXewlQDk
    So according to this guy, the actions taken to slow the ship (dropping anchor, reversing engines) would have turned the ship towards the bridge support.

    I wonder if they have let it drift on original course if it would have cleared the bridge near the middle?
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    Francis Scott Key Bridge COLLAPSES, Rumors FLY Of CYBER ATTACK Or DEI Pilot, Black Swan Event FEARED (via Ron Paul)

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    In B4 Trump blames this on Biden being soft on Hamas and Russia and promising a new big beautiful bridge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    Francis Scott Key Bridge COLLAPSES, Rumors FLY Of CYBER ATTACK Or DEI Pilot, Black Swan Event FEARED (via Ron Paul)

    Rumors, that is all that they are at this point.

    This $#@! happens, not every day, but often enough to know that it does not need a massive conspiracy to cover for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Rumors, that is all that they are at this point.

    This $#@! happens, not every day, but often enough to know that it does not need a massive conspiracy to cover for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sparebulb View Post
    Why did God give us knees if he didn't want us to jerk them.
    LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snowball View Post
    What do you see in that video that is abnormal?
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    Putting aside this 1.6 mile bridge that just was taken down.... The motor boat drone game in Ukraine has really advanced......


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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    What do you see in that video that is abnormal?
    just off top of head? it could have been hacked, or an inside job. i'm not prepared to spend a lot of time on this, but..

    1) ship navigating off-center of waterway under a lower part of the bridge - why?
    2) ship power cut - why?
    3) ship power returned, but then smoke seen - why?
    4) ship was already headed too close or on target to the column
    5) no current or water influence made it happen
    6) ship lost power JUST AS it was atempting to avoid the column
    7) ship power restored JUST AS it was situated fore to the column (keep acceleration)

    it was manipulated either externally, internally or both. imo.

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    That was crazy, the way it collapsed like it was made out of toothpicks.

    Doesn't look like there would have been any time to get off the bridge after the impact, before the collapse.

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    This is all a psyop to make you think that Baltimore is a real place. All fake, bridge collapse done in miniature by Jim Henson Studios
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheCount View Post
    This is all a psyop to make you think that Baltimore is a real place. All fake, bridge collapse done in miniature by Jim Henson Studios
    I've always harbored suspicions about the reality of the east coast (the west coast, too, for that matter).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Rumors, that is all that they are at this point.

    This $#@! happens, not every day, but often enough to know that it does not need a massive conspiracy to cover for it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Rumors, that is all that they are at this point.

    This $#@! happens, not every day, but often enough to know that it does not need a massive conspiracy to cover for it.

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    Remarks by President Biden on the Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge

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    I told them we’re going to send all the federal resources they need as we respond to this emergency, and I mean all the federal resources. And we’re going to rebuild that port together.

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    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...tt-key-bridge/

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    Increase of infrastructure getting destroyed Globally can't be bullshitted.

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