The thing is, unlike the 11’8" bridge, this guy wasn’t even close. If you can see the roofs of the cars going past, you’re not going to fit underneath of the bridge. And yes, as pointed out above, it looked like he had the engines going full astern.
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Well, he was Russian, so can we get his dashcam footage? I want to see the crash from that angle.
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The ship’s hit the span!
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Questions:
A) was it early in the morning?
B) did they try putting him in the brig until he was sober?
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Put him in a bunk with the captain’s daughter?
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You win five extra points for use of tare weight in everyday conversation!
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I concur, looks like a bulk carrier
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There’s a system for that you know. Cost a bomb to install. We should make more use of it.
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From the article: “Authorities said the Seagrand had also hit a cruise ship moored at the same port about 40 minutes before hitting the bridge.” Wow.
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A fact, I don’t know if it’s fun or not, is that this type of accident is called an “allision,” meaning the striking of a stationary object by a moving one, as opposed to a “collision” between two moving objects. This comes up surprisingly often in the wild and exciting world of maritime insurance.
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