United States: a local expert piloted the ship that collapsed the Baltimore bridge

MADRID, 26 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The container ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge was piloted at the time of the incident by a local expert, a common practice to facilitate the transit of ships and avoid accidents such as the one that caused the Francis Scott Key to fall on Tuesday. on the Patapsco River.

The Secretary of Transportation of Maryland, Paul Wiedefeld, has explained that the port of Baltimore uses its own experts to move ships such as the ‘Dali’, from the Maersk company, which had just abandoned the port infrastructure to resume its route to Colombo, in Sri Lanka. Lanka.

In the case of ships leaving the port, the pilots assume command until the ship reaches open waters, a technique that is applied in other areas and which, according to Wiedefeld, aims to ensure that people knowledgeable about local particularities are those primarily responsible for ensuring security.

Local authorities are now trying to determine what caused the ‘Dali’ to deviate from its initial course and end up hitting the pillar. The ship began to turn at 1:26 (local time), two minutes before the impact occurred that would ultimately bring down the bridge, on which several vehicles were circulating, CNN reports.

The Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States, Alejandro Mayorkas, has stated that “there are no indications” that this was an intentional act. The FBI has joined the investigations, but the head of the local Police, Richard Worley, has also made it clear at a press conference that there are no clues that point towards a terrorist hypothesis either.

The shipowner, Synergy Group, has stated in a statement that the crew of the ‘Dali’ itself has begun to investigate what could have happened. “The Coast Guard and local authorities have been notified and the owners and managers are cooperating fully with federal and state agencies,” he explained in a statement.

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