Still early yet, but it looks like it got loose from the tug and drifted into the bridge. Demasted and some injuries apparently.
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Mexican Navy ship collides with Brooklyn bridge.
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Wish the best for those aboard…. hope fully all the injuries are minor and all return to duty soon.
Assumption is lots of cadets in training.
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Assumption is lots of cadets in training.
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Somebody got the tide wrong by the look of it. Either that or the conversion from feet above the water for the bridge to the height of the mast in meters went awry. In the latter case, I would guess forgot that mast heights are often taken from the deck, not the waterline.
News has it 2 dead
Looks like it wasn’t even close.
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Mexican navy tall ship lost power before Brooklyn Bridge crash that killed 2, injured 17: NYPD
The Mexican navy tall ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night apparently lost power shortly before the collision, the NYPD said.
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No power? Must be a heck of a current. In the video I saw she was going astern at quite a lick.
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They were leaving a pier to go out to sea, had a mechanical problem and lost power and drifted into the bridge. Crew members were probably preparing to unfurl the sails once clear of harbor traffic near the pier. Also, when leaving NY at night, I bet the view from the masts is amazing, so there might have been more than was strictly necessary in the rigging. But that's alot of sails, so they'd need alot of people. Having never been either in any navy or on a sailing vessel of any type, I don't know the procedures of the Mexican Navy when it comes to departures.
The captain from the Exxon Valdez got rehired.
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In one cell phone video I just saw, it looked like there was a tug running full speed on the Mex. ships starboard side, trying to get caught up and "behind" it to possibly get it stopped but the Mex. ship just was moving too fast and after it went under the bridge and sheared off the masts it crashed into a seawall, dock or pier. It certainly looked like the ship was just moving backwards with the current.
East River currents are a great reason many don’t try swimming/escaping from Rikers Island.
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The video that I’ve seen convinces me that the vessel was under power hard astern. Perhaps a mechanical failure had it stuck in gear.
A vessel drifting with the tide or current wouldn’t be producing a wake. This boat was making a significant wake.
A vessel drifting with the tide or current wouldn’t be producing a wake. This boat was making a significant wake.
OK, the question is if there was a pilot on board to direct the ship. The power loss sounds like something similar to the accident that took out the bridge near Fort McHenry. Maybe they need a new SOP that has tugs standing by until the ships clear the bridges?
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A while back, met a Retired Coast Guard Guy who had been the Sailing Master of the Eagle.
Those are historic and beautiful Ships, this is certainly an unfortunate event.
Condolences to the Families.
Those are historic and beautiful Ships, this is certainly an unfortunate event.
Condolences to the Families.
Our son is Coast Guard and I remember attending a departure of the USCGC Cutter Eagle when he was a cadet crew member. The cadets stand in the rigging as they dress ship. Some well over 150 feet over the deck. I can only imagine the devastation caused when those masts shattered against the bridge. It’s a miracle, praise God, there were not more casualties. Prayers for all those involved and the lost.
