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JamesWNeal Mar 27, 2024

Some insight into what happened in the minutes before the Key Bridge collapsed. https://x.com/cfishman/status/1772966665531084836?s=20

(((Charles Fishman))) 💧 (@cfishman) on X

Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday. Ship’s pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge. Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch… —>

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Adrian Morales Mar 28, 2024

@JamesWNeal There is still something I demand to know: Why and how was the Dali deemed seaworthy by the N.Y. Coast Guard just last year when the ship can barely stay afloat?

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JamesWNeal Mar 29, 2024

@adrianmorales Not sure what you're referencing here. I did a search and came up with this incident. This what you're talking about? If so, given that was in 2016 I would think any repairs that would have been needed to assure it was seaworthy was done some time ago. Do you have more current info?

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Adrian Morales Mar 29, 2024

@JamesWNeal From CNN: 《Dali ship briefly held in Chile last year over propulsion issue, Chilean Navy says. An inspector found that the pressure gauges for the vessel’s heating system were “unreadable," and it was held at the Port of San Antonio on June 27, 2023, a navy spokesperson said Tuesday night.》

Were the repairs done in earnest? Or superficially to pass inspection?

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JamesWNeal

@adrianmorales Thanks. Does "heating system" = "propulsion issue?" "The ship was briefly held at the Port of San Antonio in Chile on June 27, 2023, when an inspector found that the pressure gauges for the vessel’s heating system were 'unreadable,' a spokesperson for the Chilean Navy said." Without knowing what "unreadable" means, I'm left to assume whatever needed to be done didn't take much time, based on "briefly." If they're talking about old, fogged, analog gauges, swap them out?