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The pure blood patriot derp squad have unsurprisingly stumbled upon yet another conspiracy.

As far as I know there has been no official release of any info, right? We don’t even know that the power went out. Everyone is just assuming since the lights went out correct?

By now they have a basic understanding of what happened. They should release some preliminary details. Everyone knows that there is a lot of investigation to go, but by now they at least know what the pilot and crew say happened.

What is the likelihood of a lawsuit or two stemming from this incident?

Not sure if there is an official statement, but Maryland Governor Wes Moore has stated in interviews that the power went out on the ship.

People died, insurance companies are going to pay billions, there will be a dozen at least.

Any idea of replacement cost?

A buck two ninty eight

The fire conspiracy theorists have their tin foil hats screwed on tight for this one as expected.

The NTSB will sort it out, and they usually don't make statements until their ducks are in a row.

But not on here. keep the comments coming. Great entertainment!

Our distinguished leader has informed us that the 'Government' will pay the entire cost!

The 'Government'........has NO MONEY!!

You have a very good point, flintlocke. Naturally, they will get a tankful there in Baltimore. Five minutes after the fill-up, the boat conks out. Quite the coincidence.

It's in the Government and public's interest to have this bridge rebuilt ASAP. Waiting on the insurances to figure things out for 8 years and THEN start a rebuild - doesn't make sense.

.Gov steps in - pays, gets the bridge replaced ASAP and then takes the money from the insurance.


That's the preferred event. Will that happen? Dunno.

Lol.

That doesn't stop them from giving billions we don't have to the Ukes!

Pure speculation on my part, it may be even simpler than I suggested.
Dirty fuel is the norm. It is customary to draw fuel from the ship's storage tanks, double bottoms, to what is called a 'day tank'...nothing more than a small tank quantity (maybe 40,000 gal) sufficient to operate for 36 hours, the day tank fuel is then drained of water, sediment and may be centrifuged, but always strained and filtered before it goes to the engines. That's normal...it's what they do.
But, because of the solitary nature of seagoing life, crew is desperate to get off the ship for a few hours, and a good skipper and chief engineer make sure that happens whenever possible. In the confusion of juggling schedules, the ever present possibility that some crew will return to the ship unfit for duty (Exxon Valdez)....sometimes important schidt doesn't get done, or done by someone impaired. It happens.
This is where I venture into fantasy...it's entirely possible the day tank was pumped full, but the fuel was not cleaned, and that was not noted in the engine room log...or was noted and missed by the engineer who had the duty when Dali departed. Big gulps of water or sediment overwhelmed the first filter bank, the engines (generator or main or both) died, the filter system was frantically shifted to the second redundancy bank, which promptly plugged and the second failure was the kill shot. This literally can happen in minutes. It has happened to me as chief engineer on a tug, when a split weld opened in the hull in a double bottom tank and all I could get was seawater into the day tank. Fortunately we had a cool head for a skipper, and he prepared for worst scenario immediately...no damage to vessels, crew other than embarrassment.
And finally, my original assessment at the first hours, complete failure of the electrical system...whether at the main bus or switchgear. Rare but it happens.

That’s how it works. Been there, done that. The contractor makes bank on these projects!

Contractor actually does something resembling work, the kickbacks to politicos is where the real bucks are.

They dropped the port anchor which would also cause a veer.
If the 55000 hp figure is correct there is still a lag. A drag boat this ain't.
Anyone know the winddirection?

I guessed from the black smoke I saw the wind was from port to starboard , give or take!

Dropping anchor ain't gonna stop it dead in it's tracks.

The lights and engine stopped when the power went out twice

The Baltimore FBI office determined that is was an accident 6 hours after the incident with no investigation

lol


Move along now