Mexican navy training vessel hits New York's Brooklyn Bridge

[bazokajoe]

Unfortanately reports said 2 sailors were killed.

Mexican navy training vessel hits New York's Brooklyn Bridge

A Mexican navy sailing ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York City.

torontosun.com

 

[xix]

Tequila?

 

[400DC]

Tequila?

Oopsie

 

[Conil]

Occasionally even big ships lose control

 

[micropenis]

SINKO de MAYO

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

What in the Piña colada happened here?? A power failure of the engine maybe??
Same thing happened in that Baltimore bridge crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse

 

[tml]

What in the Piña colada happened here?? A power failure of the engine maybe??
Same thing happened in that Baltimore bridge crash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse

DEI no doubt.

 

[Spunky1]

Looks like another publicity stunt for Taco Bell’s latest ... “Try the new Brooklyn smash crunch supreme quesadilla “!

 

[Ponderling]

Preliminary report words I heard from a TGAM article was that the harbour pilot reported a temporary loss of propulsion power.
The next sentence was that the ship was commissioned in 1982.

So it soulds like either the reporter was trying to draw parralels to the Balitmore bridge collapse,.
Or it was another case of no motive power to propel the ship on the pilot's desired course that caused the bridge contact

 

[xmontrealer]

Motor failure and a strong current drove the ship into the bridge.

 

[mandrill]

Motor failure and a strong current drove the ship into the bridge.

If you look at the footage, you'll see that the vessel is sailing backwards. So yes, the engine died and the current seized the ship and drove it into the bridge..