The Dali containership lost power several times in the hours before it crashed into and caused the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.
The ship lost electricity before and after leaving the Port of Baltimore, the NTSB concluded in a preliminary report into the causes of the March collision released Tuesday.
The first blackout in port occurred after a crew member mistakenly closed an engine exhaust damper, the report said, and a second outage was related to insufficient fuel pressure for a generator.After leaving port, the ship again lost power after two breakers opened unexpectedly, the report said. The NTSB said it was still investigating the electrical configuration after the first in-port blackout and its possible connection to the problems that led the ship to lose propulsion as it headed toward the bridge.
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