last week America Those who hit the bridge over the river in Baltimore, Maryland Cargo ship The crew is still stuck on the same ship.
According to the international magazine Forbes, it is not clear how long the crew will be confined to this ship.
On Sunday, work began to remove the collapsed part of the ‘Francis Scott Bridge’ from the ship, but 22 crew members are still on board.
Although the company operating this ship is from Singapore, 20 of its crew members are Indians while one is from Sri Lanka.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard and India The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also confirmed this.
Why is Dali’s crew limited to the ship?
According to authorities accident Crews remain on board to assist with the National Transportation Safety Board’s ongoing investigation into the cause.
No crew members have yet been arrested, but investigators who boarded the ship last week have interviewed several people.
“There was power and food on board for the crew,” NTSB chief Jennifer Homandi said.
The entire ship is about 948 feet long and 158 feet wide, but it is not clear which parts of it are safe for the crew.
“They’re not sitting in the dark right now, but this plane can’t move,” Hommendi told reporters on Wednesday.
Several ministers who provide services to sailors at the port of Baltimore told USA TODAY that they were in contact with Dali’s crew, who requested Wi-Fi hotspots and SIM cards.
Andrew Middleton, who runs the apostolate for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, told The New York Times that staff members had TVs and reading material to pass the time.
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Gauthier said Wednesday that the Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers and NTSB conducted a coordinated response after the Key Bridge accident.
While the NTSB has started an investigation into the cause of the incident.
The first task for the army will be to remove the Dali from the harbor, where part of its bow has sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard confirmed on Wednesday that there is no significant risk to the public from hazardous materials stored in Dali’s shipping containers. Although some containers fell into the Patapsco River, none contained hazardous materials.
“Most of these containers are close to the pilot house and were completely unaffected by the damage to the ship,” the vice admiral said.
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It is unclear how close the material is to the rest of the crew on board.
However, officials from the Key Bridge Unified Command said 14 containers of hazardous materials were ‘affected’ by the accident, including ‘soap products, perfume products and other containers.’
“No hazardous materials have been detected in the air, but crews will continue to monitor air quality for any changes,” according to the command.
What we don’t know yet
It is not yet clear why Dali crashed into a pillar of the tower in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
NTSB investigators obtained Daly’s black box, which recorded the ship traveling at about eight knots before ‘multiple audible alarms’ sounded on the ship’s bridge.
Port officials said the Dali had reported a ‘propulsion malfunction’ shortly before it hit the bridge.
Homandi, however, said his agency would issue a preliminary report in two to four weeks based on interviews with staff members and black box data.
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2024-10-02 02:23:45