Mexican Navy training ship that hit Brooklyn Bridge, killing 2, was moving in the 'wrong direction,' city official says

[Meowmee]

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/brooklyn-bridge-mexican-navy-ship-05-18-25-hnk

What we're covering
• Two people have died and more than a dozen others were injured, after a Mexican Navy training ship struck the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge, according to New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

• The ship, called Cuauhtémoc, was carrying 277 people when it “lost power” and struck the bridge, Adams said. It was on a global goodwill tour and en route to Iceland at the time of the incident Saturday night, officials said.

• The ship was moving in the “wrong direction,” a senior city official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN, pointing in part to the current of the East River.

• City officials earlier said “mechanical issues” may have caused the ship to strike the bridge, though the cause of the collision remains under investigation.

[getagrip_already]

1. In the video, there was a tugboat right beside it...

I couldnt see if there was a line between the two, but the tug was slightly ahead and to port of the sailboat.

That tug has some splaining to do.

[Meowmee]

2. I didn't watch the video yet, I will

It was on my news feed on my tablet so, I looked it up and found this article. Yes very odd about the tug boat.

[Ponietz]

3. The ship that hit the Baltimore bridge lost power, too

Communication outages at the FAA.
Rogue communication devices in Chinese solar panels.
Chinese military hackers behind 2017 Equifax breach.
Massive racketeering case against Huawei pending.

What else? Is there a connection?

[Meowmee]

4. I had not heard about that one, I will read about it

I think this ship was visiting and it looks like an older sail boat? I'm not sure.

[Ponietz]

6. CBS:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baltimore-bridge-collapse-ship-what-caused-crash-francis-scott-key-dali/

An unclassified memo issued by CISA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the ship reported losing propulsion. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the ship's crew reported a "power issue." A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, said the agency still needs to verify that the Dali lost power before striking the bridge column.

[Ritabert]

5. Looks like it lost power while leaving the dock...

The current caught the stern and took it into the bridge backwards. East River currents can run 6 knots or more.

[Sanity Claws]

7. Wasn't the tugboat supposed to prevent this from happening?

I don't know. I am asking whether the tugboat had any responsibility for making sure that this vessel and others were able to safely steer through NY harbor.

[Meowmee]

8. Yes I think that is the purpose of the tugboats to guide the larger ships and help them

I haven't read enough about this yet to give an opinion on what happened.