Baltimore Key Bridge collapse newest updates: Six employees presumed lifeless as restoration efforts resume | EUROtoday

The crew on board the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday morning stay on board, US Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier confirmed.

“Crew is cooperating with what we need,” he mentioned. “They remain on board and predominantly an Indian crew and one Sri Lankan crew member on board, but they’re still there and very much engaged in the dialogue and the investigation”.

Two two companies will work of constructing the port absolutely operational once more, officers mentioned throughout a White House press briefing that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Vice Admiral Peter Gautier attended.

“I’ll say in the case of the bridge is that the original bridge took five years to construct that does not necessarily mean it will take five years to replace,” the transportation secretary mentioned at a White House information convention on Wednesday afternoon. “But that tells you what went into that original structure going up again, we need to get a sense of the conditions of the parts that look okay to the naked eye, but we just don’t know yet especially in terms of their foundational infrastructure.”

Vice Admiral Peter Gautier mentioned that 56 containers have hazardous supplies on board the Dali, the vessel that struck the bridge. There is presently no risk to the general public because of the hazardous supplies, he mentioned.

The US Transportation Secretary mentioned he’s involved about financial affect of the port’s closure as officers work to take away particles of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and vows to reopen it as quickly as attainable. At least 8,000 jobs are affected because the port stays closed.

Investigators from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have boarded the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge and recovered its knowledge recorder, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy mentioned on Wednesday.

The recorder shall be analyzed and the company will even study whether or not soiled gas performed a task within the ship’s energy loss as a part of its investigation into Tuesday’s collision, Homendy informed CNN.

Firebrand congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was hit with a neighborhood observe on Tuesday after she recommended the Baltimore bridge collapse must be investigated as a possible terrorist assault.

“There should be a serious investigation into the horrifying tragedy of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland. Is this an intentional attack or an accident? Praying for the victims, survivors, and families,” she wrote on X.

Her publish was later hit with a neighborhood observe, a function that permits X customers to offer corrections or lacking context to the posts of others. In this case, the observe cited a press release from Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley wherein he mentioned there may be “absolutely no indication” that the collapse was the results of an intentional act.

It additionally cited Maryland Governor Wes Moore, who confirmed that the crew of the container ship that crashed into the bridge had despatched a mayday alert after the vessel misplaced energy, permitting authorities to cease site visitors throughout the bridge.

While the precise reason for the crash remains to be unknown, authorities dominated out terrorism and mentioned the crash was not intentional.

Harrowing audio reveals authorities scrambled to cease automobiles crossing the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore moments earlier than it collapsed.

Six development employees who had been on the bridge because it tumbled into the water are presumed lifeless, and a seek for them has been suspended.

The incident occurred after a cargo ship crashed into the construction within the early hours of Tuesday morning (26 March).

White House Press Secretary will temporary reporters alongside US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Vice Admiral Peter Gautier at 1pm

The vessel skilled a “momentary loss of propulsion”, the company mentioned.

As a outcome, the ship wasn’t capable of keep its course of course and hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The vessel reportedly dropped its anchors in an effort to cease shifting, as a part of the emergency procedures.