Social Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after getting hit by a container ship

[Chad R. Thundercock]

Holy mackerel.

Whoever was in charge of navigating that ship is in big trouble.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

 

[Joe]

That is one big fuck up.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

holy shit. yeah there's gonna be some casualties for sure.

 

[Cid]

That's Kerch bridge in Crimea.

 

[Arkain2K]

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

That's Kerch bridge in Crimea.

Yeah, I got rid of it already. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

heres a different angle kinda

I got goosebumps watching those vehicles driving on the bridge and not knowing when it would fall.

 

[idrankyourbeer]

i cant even find any news stations covering this i have to follow it on twitter. you'd think something this catastrophic that surely killed alot of people and has left people in need of rescuing would be covered all over the place but so far there's nothing.

 

[Joe]

i cant even find any news stations covering this i have to follow it on twitter. you'd think something this catastrophic that surely killed alot of people and has left people in need of rescuing would be covered all over the place but so far there's nothing.

Its midnight. Most american reporters are asleep

 

[idrankyourbeer]

Its midnight. Most american reporters are asleep

its like 4:30 over there. rise and shine motherfuckers!

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Kind of lucky it happened at the time it did in a way. If this had happened at rush hour it could have been much worse.

 

[Unknown Pleasures]

Hate to be that ship's insurance company about now.

 

[Arkain2K]

Kind of lucky it happened at the time it did in a way. If this had happened at rush hour it could have been much worse.

On the other hand, it's a lot harder to hit a bridge in the middle of the day in full sunlight, unless there's mechanical failure with the vessel itself.

Most boats collision with bridges tend to happen in poor visibility conditions, like in the middle of the night, or fog, or both.

 

[Arkain2K]

 

[Arkain2K]

It appears that the ship did experienced power problems before hitting the bridge:

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

its like 4:30 over there. rise and shine motherfuckers!

Ayy, what's up fellow American nightowl!

 

[idrankyourbeer]

the lights were also cutting in and out on the ship before it hit the pillar. looks like the ship was having some problems

 

[KnightTemplar]

Has Putin blamed Ukraine yet?

 

[nhbbear]

Oh shit, did you see/by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed/the ship was too tight