The crew and pilots aboard the massive container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge weren’t under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Nor was the ship running on contaminated fuel, which some experts postulated as a cause for the 984-foot Dali losing power twice as it approached the span in the early morning of March 26. But the revelation from federal investigators that the Dali ...
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Two times the day before a massive cargo ship struck and destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the vessel lost power completely, federal safety investigators have found. A series of electrical breaker failures aboard the 984-foot Dali also caused it to lose power and propulsion twice within about half a mile of the bridge before it struck around 1:30 a.m. on March 26, causing most of ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The controlled demolition of the largest remaining steel span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been postponed because of weather conditions, officials said Sunday afternoon. Crews have been preparing for weeks to use explosives to break down the span, which is an estimated 500 feet (152 meters) long and weighs up to 600 tons (544 metric tons). It ...
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As Maryland leaders push for the federal government to cover all future expenses related to the Francis Scott Key Bridge, members of Congress will hold a hearing Wednesday regarding the response efforts. The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure hearing will focus on the federal agencies that have led the cleanup in the Patapsco River and the investigations into what went ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The crew of the Dali will remain on board the grounded container ship while demolition crews use explosives to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, officials said Tuesday. The steel span landed on the ship’s bow after the Dali lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s support columns on March 26. Since then, the ship has been ...
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A project that was billed as the Baltimore’s first “zero-energy” development is mired in a contract dispute as the buildings intended for revitalization stand vacant along West North Avenue. A newly filed lawsuit in federal court reveals an ongoing conflict between the project’s developer and Frankenmuth Insurance Co., which issued a $3.5 million performance bond for the contractor hired for ...
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MANASSAS Virginia is repackaging a 5-year-old economic development incentive package for Micron Technology Inc. to bring a new line of semiconductor chip manufacturing from Taiwan to its production plant in Manassas . The package, which a General Assembly ...
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LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island. Save Long Beach Island, Defend Brigantine Beach and Protect Our Coast NJ filed suit in appellate court on April 26 challenging a determination by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection that ...
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A woman was killed on Friday at a construction site in Pittsburgh when a steel drum weighing thousands of pounds rolled several hundred feet and struck her on the sidewalk. The incident occurred at around 10:40 a.m. at the University of Pittsburgh’s new sports performance center, according to reports from TribLive, WPXI and WTAE. Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Emily Bourne told TribLive that ...
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BALTIMORE (AP) — At the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, crews plan to refloat and remove the grounded Dali container ship within roughly the next 10 days, allowing more maritime traffic to resume through Baltimore’s port. The ship, which lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns, has been stationary amid the wreckage since the March 26 collapse. ...
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