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[Kachina624]

Here is a photo taken last night seconds before a Mexican Navy training ship hit the bridge resulting in two deaths and 22 critical injuries.   The sailors were riding on the masts which broke off causing them to fall to the deck, as they arrived in NYC. 

The aftermath....

[rms1954]

Whoever was navigating that thing needs to go back to training.

[KKlim]

I live in suburban nyc. It’s been all over our news since last nite. Terrible, just as we’re getting ready for all the ships to enter the NY Harbor for the Holiday weekend.

[Kachina624]

@rms1954.  I'm thinking the buck stops with the captain.  Checking bridge clearances seems like a basic task on a tall ship.

[rms1954]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@rms1954.  I'm thinking the buck stops with the captain.  Checking bridge clearances seems like a basic task on a tall ship.

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One would think.  Maybe he was asleep at the wheel.  So sad though that lives were lost and many injured.

[Goldengate8361]

I heard that there may have been something wrong with the boat functioning, not necessarily a human-caused mistake. I'm sure we will find out later as they investigate. 

[Starpolisher]

So very sad. Prayers to the families of the two sailors that died as well as, all the victims and their families of this terrible accident

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[Kachina624]

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@Goldengate8361 wrote:

I heard that there may have been something wrong with the boat functioning, not necessarily a human-caused mistake. I'm sure we will find out later as they investigate. 

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@Goldengate8361.  The fact remains that the ship sailed to that location with the intention of passing under a bridge for which it was too tall.

[Starpolisher]

So far, I've read that, the ship lost power and was unable to navigate.  It started heading in the wrong direction.

For those looking to blame someone;

According to NBC News.

"The ship apparently lost steering power and was pulled into the bridge by the river's current, according to an NYPD official."

"In a scene captured in multiple eyewitness videos, the ship, called the Cuauhtemoc, could be seen traveling swiftly in reverse toward the bridge near the Brooklyn side of the East River. Then, its three masts struck the bridge's span and snapped, one by one, as the ship kept moving.:

[Marp]

From what I heard early this morning the ship had  left its dock minutes before the crash.  Early reports are that the ship lost power and got caught in the current carrying it off course and into the bridge.