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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by questinthrow on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:20AM (#39825317)
The captain was disabled or the bridge? I dont understand how you set a course through a bridge like that
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by defrost on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:23AM (#39825331)
A course is set through the middle, side thrusters, rudders, and|or engines fail or falter, and current drifts the ship into the bridge pylon.

Ships in water tend to move and keep moving, engines and thrusters work to vector that motion into a desired direction - when things fail motion doesn't cease and courses aren't maintained.

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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by boshaus on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:47AM (#39825509)
https://imgur.com/a/OXDh1mM

Here’s an image of its path

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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by ReptileMan on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:44AM (#39825489)
The best quote from Mass Effect:

Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space!

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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by fransje26 on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:48AM (#39825517)
Gravity is a harsh mistress..
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by yieldcrv on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @05:45AM (#39825871)
"this hurts you, Shephard"
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by fredoralive on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:39AM (#39825452)
The ship, most of its lights go out a minute of two before the collision, and it also seems to be emitting black smoke (from the funnels / engine exhaust?) as well.
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Re:The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland Has C... by anon7725 on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @04:36AM (#39825426)
The lights on the ship all go out about 5 minutes before impact. They come back on and appear to go out again as impact gets closer. It looks like the ship suffered a catastrophic failure that affected the controls.
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