# Ship Lost Power Before Hitting Key Bridge in Baltimore
**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509
**Category:** General Discussion
**Tags:** bridge
**Created:** [26 March 2024 18:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509 "2024-03-26T18:53:42Z")
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### Author:  [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)
#### Post date: [27 March 2024 21:46 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/23 "2024-03-27T21:46:15Z")
They look like BLM employees
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### Author:  [@Citizen\_bitcoin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Citizen_bitcoin)
#### Post date: [27 March 2024 22:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/24 "2024-03-27T22:58:40Z")
> **[Dali cargo ship suffered 'severe electrical problem' while docked](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13246079/Dali-cargo-ship-suffered-severe-electrical-problem-docked-Baltimore-days-prior-bridge-collapse-crash-saw-suffer-total-power-failure-loss-engine-failure-port-worker-says.html)**
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> The Dali cargo ship which smashed into the Key Bridge suffered a 'severe electrical problem' while docked in Baltimore days before, according to a port worker.
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### Author:  [@caddzooks](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/caddzooks)
#### Post date: [28 March 2024 05:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/25 "2024-03-28T05:10:03Z")
There seems to be a [festering consensus](https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/03/26/engineers-ask-if-baltimores-key-bridge-piers-could-have-been-better-protected/) that this bridge was not very well designed.
[Engineers blame $3m structural ‘flaw’ for Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge collapsing - and tens of thousands of bridges across US could also have fault](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13240663/Engineers-blame-structural-fault-protected-Francis-Scott-Key-Bridge.html)
The core problem seems to be that the designers of this and many other bridges never considered [how much larger container ships would eventually get](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220629-why-container-ships-probably-wont-get-bigger).
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [29 March 2024 11:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/26 "2024-03-29T11:43:48Z")
Jeff Ostroff:
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPoM_9IWLLU)
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### Author:  [@gms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/gms)
#### Post date: [1 April 2024 00:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/27 "2024-04-01T00:00:08Z")
VDR sensor data missing during the power failure period (see video around 2:20 timestamp)
[(2) DC\_Draino on X: “And there it is… The Dali ship’s black box has 2 minutes of missing data right before it crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge How convenient https://t.co/x75WUJecek” / X (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/DC_Draino/status/1773407414760374548)
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### Author:  [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)
#### Post date: [1 April 2024 00:56 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/28 "2024-04-01T00:56:44Z")
> [@gms](#):
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> VDR sensor data missing during the power failure period
If they weren’t maintaining their propulsion systems properly, it is not a stretch to think they weren’t maintaining their sensor UPS systems either. 🤷♂️
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [23 April 2024 14:58 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/29 "2024-04-23T14:58:57Z")
Lawsuit. Much oddities of maritime law:
[https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68396058/in-the-matter-of-the-petition-of-grace-ocean-private-limited-for/](https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68396058/in-the-matter-of-the-petition-of-grace-ocean-private-limited-for/)
> **[Ship that hit Baltimore bridge was 'unseaworthy' when it left port, city claims](https://www.yahoo.com/news/city-baltimore-claims-court-filing-035530157.html)**
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> The Dali, the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, set sail despite its "unseaworthy" conditions, according to a Monday court filing.
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### Author:  [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)
#### Post date: [23 April 2024 18:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/30 "2024-04-23T18:32:06Z")
It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. It is simply unfortunate that the beneficiaries of ill winds are so-often lawyers – earning big bucks filing suits and counter-suits, but doing nothing whatsoever to rebuild the bridge and re-open the port.
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### Author:  [@BlackPrince](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/BlackPrince)
#### Post date: [29 April 2024 16:45 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/31 "2024-04-29T16:45:08Z")
> [@Gavin](#):
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> It is simply unfortunate that the beneficiaries of ill winds are so-often lawyers
Yup, you’re guaranteed to be on the winning side, every time!
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [19 August 2024 10:06 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/32 "2024-08-19T10:06:00Z")
> **[Bill would force Dali owners to pay up to $854 million for Key Bridge collapse](https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/aug/15/bill-would-force-dali-owners-to-pay-up-to-854-mill/)**
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> BALTIMORE — A new bill in Congress would alter an 1851 shipping law to force the owners of the Dali to pay up. U.S. Reps. John Garamendi, a California Democrat, and Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, introduced the Justice for Victims of Foreign...
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pp0QWhvnLs&t=503)
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [19 November 2025 20:43 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/33 "2025-11-19T20:43:33Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/znWl_TuUPp0?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&start=19
> **[Board%20Summary%20Contact%20of%20Containership%20Dali%20with%20Francis%20Scott%20Key%20Bridge.pdf](https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Documents/Board%20Summary%20Contact%20of%20Containership%20Dali%20with%20Francis%20Scott%20Key%20Bridge.pdf)**
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https://www.youtube.com/embed/bu7PJoxaMZg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
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### Author:  [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [22 November 2025 16:32 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/ship-lost-power-before-hitting-key-bridge-in-baltimore/4509/34 "2025-11-22T16:32:06Z")
Wiring error. Label was placed partially over a terminal preventing he terminal from seating in a connector.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lITpDoznW8U?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
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