Actually the vessel is still powered when it hits the bridge, you can see the wake as it's moving. Looks more like the transmission got stuck in reverse and the engines were powered up.
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That may be but nothing about this video makes me believe she lost power. Her screws are turning right up until the impact. Either this is human error, gear/steering failure or both.
Yah, def more boat movement than the current, which was 2.6 kts towards the bridge at the time of impact, and which would have swept the entire boat sideways into the structure. Looks more like transmission issues than powereplant
It's moving relative to the surface water, ergo wake. To my view, it looks like it's maybe not under power, but perhaps being driven ahead of the current by the wind.
It's being blown by the wind. Look at the flag. A vessel that size with that many masts and spars (with people standing on them), will catch a lot of wind. Ergo, even going astern, without power there'll still be a small wake.
Not much really. Just sailing small boats and dinghies off the UK coast throughout my childhood, teens and twenties. My brother was chief engineer on the Windjammer Phantome. She was lost with all hands a few years ago. My brother was on leave.
Glad your brother was on leave, that was a disaster.
Latest PBS news quite... "NTSB is unsure why police initially speculated the crash was possibly related to a mechanical problem. The ship was moving quickly under motor power in the opposite of its intended direction when the collision happened."
Under no circumstances was that vessel attempting to get under that bridge. I will bet all the money I have, and all the money you have, on this as a fact. 💖
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Latest PBS news quite... "NTSB is unsure why police initially speculated the crash was possibly related to a mechanical problem. The ship was moving quickly under motor power in the opposite of its intended direction when the collision happened."