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I still wonder how a jetphotos junior member should be treated who's here since less than two weeks. Ok, he has tried to upload a so called 'photoshopped' photo
into the jetphotos database queue, i.e. a photo which is not Original any longer, and that not only once, but he tried it twice with exactly the same altered Original (?) .
But people are young, I was young 15 years ago when I became a jetphotos member. So, I assume that this is a sentence which should be there for all new jetphotos members all the time,
every time when they log in, within the first 4 weeks at least:
Do not try to upload altered Originals! You better visit the place again and come back with a photo that fulfils the jetphotos quality criteria and the jetphotos photo upload criteria.
I dont' know if there is such a friendly help for all new members. But back on topic.
Baltimore.
In the night from Monday to Tuesday March 26th 2024 01:27 a.m. local (Baltimore time zone) the
Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore
was destroyed by the impact of a 984 ft long cargo ship. Since then the bridge is no longer existent and en wiki speaks of it with the words 'the bridge was',
so, that bridge assumedly is history
(see also openstreetmap dot de) .
The large overseas freighter who caused this accident is the MV Dali, en route on the long haul with the flag of Singapore from Baltimore to Sri Lanka,
a short spec sheet:
[I have a little text here where since Tuesday I have gathered 4 or 5 or 8 or 9 pieces of information, in German. So far, I only translate this little text file of mine,
if that's ok for you.]
Length 984 ft or 299.92 meter
- Beam (dt.: Schiffsbreite) 48.2 meter
- Draft (dt.: größter zulässiger Tiefgang an der Wasserlinie in ft) 49 ft 4 in , d.h. 15,03 meter
- Depth (dt.: Innentiefe mittschiffs unterhalb des Freiborddecks) 81 ft 4 in , d.h. 24,8 meter,
...
So, obviously a cute little pedal boat. A pedal boat where a LH-B744 tailfin with 19,4 meter completely disappears within the cargo compartment (!) ...
As I said, the bridge is history, this was a bridge (eine gewesene Brücke), and in my eyes it was a quite beautiful bridge until Monday ... (!) :
[I'm not a construction engineer. Pls have this in mind when you read this, I try to understand what happened as a longtime aviation enthusiast,
special interest LH-B744 . ]
With the impact of the large ship on the Southern main pillar (südlicher Haupt Brückenpfeiler), this pillar was completely destroyed. Thus,
the whole complete steel truss (Stahlfachwerk) together with the four lane deck of the Interstate highway I-695 came down
and landed 56 meter below in the water.
From South to North, a chain reaction started, where together with the steel truss North of the Northern main pillar also a big part of the Northern
bridge ramp collapsed.
"Six people – all part of the construction crew working on the bridge – were reported missing and are presumed dead" .
Part of the investigation are, a.o. the NTSB, the FBI, and the Transport Safety Investigation of Singapore, due to the flag of Singapore which is used
on board the MV Dali.
Only moments before the impact of the freighter in the bridge, the cockpit of the MV Dali has sent 'Mayday' together with the message
"lost control", "loss of propulsion".
[End of the official report.]
Thus, it was technically impossible to avoid this fatal accident by so to speak engage a hard and fast reverse gear, because the engine power
for the reverse gear somehow completely went missing.
Comparable to a jet without reverse thrust?
But the rudder of the large freighter is operational also when all engines fail? .......... ...... I only ask for a friend. ....
If that's true, they might've had a chance.
The accident investigation is under way.
.
But an A388 needs 40 m, at least ...
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