A guide to the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
A container ship rests against wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as dawn approaches on March 27, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. | Matt Rourke/APFederal investigators are just starting to examine what caused a container ship to crash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. But clues are already emerging – if you know how to read them.
Jeff Guzzetti, a former NTSB investigator who is now a safety consultant, said the NTSB initially focuses on collecting “perishable evidence” — in other words, evidence that disappears when the scene is cleaned up. “The collection of the information takes time,” said Homendy. “We’re here right now to collect data and get information, the perishable evidence that we need.”In short, yes — though most transportation accidents of this magnitude are caused by multiple, cascading failures.The ship appears to have lost power, and, with it, propulsion, at a catastrophically bad moment.
Guzzetti said he expects that will be a key focus of the investigation — mechanical failure, possibly several, on the ship itself. So far, it doesn’t appear that the bridge itself was an issue in the disaster. Maryland Gov. Wes MooreHowever, there are questions about whether the bridge, which was built in 1977, could have been equipped with “fenders” around its support beams. These fenders are intended to help shunt errant ships away from those beams, but were not in use when the Key bridge was built in 1977.
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