Hanlon’s Razor : “Never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity.”

The FBI is looking for a mean tweet from the ship

An 'accident' is one thing. A preventable 'accident' due to negligence is a different matter.

Yacht Explosion: An electric bow thruster may be installed with its own battery, in order to cut voltage drop under heavy load. This sort of installation is quite common on boats of this size. If the battery is a lead acid type (they are better at handling high peak loads) then over charging can result in the release of a mix of hydrogen and oxygen, which would sit in the bow compartment waiting for a spark...

OMG the invasion theory, I genuinely had a laugh out loud moment!

That looked like a vapor explosion we had on the fuel dock I worked at , blew out the hatches and blew out of the cabin entry as well

It looks to me that the comment that a fire was reported forward before the explosion is correct. Likely an electrical fire from the bow thrusters. I suspect the explosion was secondary after the heat got to something volatile. You can see after the breach that there is already enough heat built up in the bow to be a full on fire event.

The FBI. In good hands then... 🤣

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Failed Boat Investigators will get to the bottom of it and the Hull truth will come out, but $44 million seems a little low, is that scrap value ?

Thank you for info ❤

The Key Bridge would still be standing if adequate protection of the vital bridge piers had existed. While there may have been negligence and/or incompetence onboard the Dali, the real negligence is failure to protect the bridge piers.

Yup, as soon as I saw the word FBI (ok, not really a word per se), criminal neglegence came to mind. A possibility of not enough safety diligence applied somewhere.

Looks like a lithium blast on that yacht

A great report and I think it's just awful for someone to have drowned in his or her car with that bridge collision.

Regarding the yacht explosion. Isn't it more likely the bow thruster is hydraulic rather than electric? I can't see an electric thruster exploding like that. If one were to overheat, I think it would start a fire, not explode.

Just looking at water surface at bow, doesn't look like there is any "prop wash" from the bow thruster, indicating that it was even working. Perhaps it wasn't the fault of the bow thruster?

Tugboats prevent accidents like this. But the harbour manager has a new swimmingpool and a mansion around it.

Regarding the yacht. Marine systems usually have very good interrupt protection (fuses/breakers). Where things go wrong is where people defeat them for whatever reason and bypass them. Unlimited current can cause extreme damage to cables, batteries immediate surroundings. That first smoke reminds me of a LifePo4 battery burst from an extreme short. Mostly over and done with quickly and can be easily extinguished unlike an EV or E-bike which maintains thermal runaway.

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I thought some bow thrusters were hydraulic. If so a small leak could work much like a diesel injector misting the fluid making it much easier to combust.

I think the lunatic that stated the need for a 185ft clearance for warships was talking about the height requirement. However, whilst Mr Brainiac had solved the height clearance issue by knocking the bridge down, he had created a draught problem. No one has ever accused a Conspiracy Theorist of being smart.

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Told ya (you immediately said "conspiracy theory"🤪).

The bridge main pillar dolphin collision protection was proved pitifully inadequate. Hopefully that will be corrected on the installation of the replacement bridge sections. The increase in marine traffic and the size of the ships using this facility should make the improvements in safety a mandatory requirement.

Here's one more: According to an eastern European acquaintance who’s a container ship captain and who has sailed to the port of Baltimore scores of times, he believes the problem was because the ship switched fuels too early. This isn’t my analysis because I barely know port from starboard. I also didn’t know that a lot of seaports around the world are in defined environmental control areas. To reduce air pollution in and around the ports, ships are required to switch to a cleaner diesel fuel before they enter a port. When they go back to sea, they switch back to a thicker, dirtier and cheaper fuel after leaving that control area. Modern diesel ship engines are apparently built to be dual-fuel. The fuel switch to the “clean” and more expensive fuel usually happens a half-hour or so before entering the control area to be certain that the fuel lines are completely purged of "dirty" diesel. Conversely, the switch to the dirtier fuel happens just before it leaves the control area, which would be after passing Key Bridge. Given the late hour that the Dali left port, his theory is that they started the engine with clean diesel but then switched immediately over to the dirty fuel early so the chief engineer could hit the sack rather than wait the hour or so to do the switch after clearing Baltimore harbor. As it left the dock it would still have the thinner, clean diesel in the feed pipes so everything was running fine until it sucked it all up and started pulling thick diesel. That’s where he thinks the problem was. That thick diesel needs to be heated to a fairly high temperature to be viscous enough to flow and it uses the heat of the running engine to do this. However if the engine isn’t running, as it wouldn’t be while the ship was docked, the oil wouldn’t be hot enough to pass through the injectors and that could lead to the engine shutting down.

@eSysman SuperYachts Thanks for the update on the Dali. Do you know if a ferry system would be practical for commuters until there is a new bridge?

The Francis Scott Key bridge had an excess of concrete on it's road bed causing a burdened structure. The same concrete is making the bridge remains an ordeal to remove.

That bridge is so far in harbor that the range of a naval barrage would not be affected if a flotilla was anchored on the outlet side of it.

There are several backup systems to supply steering if power is lost.

The smoke was not from anything exploding. The smoke was from the engines restarting…which means the engines completely failed during “lights out”

A blackout is the scariest event for a ship. Blackouts happen, this blackout has occurred at the worst time ever.

All shipping entering and exiting these harbors should have Tug escorts preventing problems like this.

The Ever Forward was stuck in the mud for 35 days by the pilot Steven Germac in March 2022 and the shipping line still had to pay $676,000 to rehabilitate oysters and crabs in the bay while the pilot avoided a $2,000 fine and an official reprimand by forfeiting his license. My concern is how biased the FBI investigation will be now that they're taking over from the NTSB and President Bobo has said the US taxpayers will rebuild the bridge instead of the 2 most likely suspects the pilot or the ship owner.

Maybe shipping companies or insurers will avoid ports based on hazards like poorly protected bridges.

#4 the ship lost power multiple times with flashing lights before bridge impact. Was supposed to go underneath.

That was a flash over fire in that bow.

If indeed, not an accident, and some type of conspiracy involved. I would say that the investigation should concentrate on the cargo the ship was hauling, unloading, and picking up. Supposedly, before arriving at Baltimore, the ship was at Norfolk. I certainly have no idea, but reflect back to that Suez Canal incident when the Evergreen ship went aground. Supposedly then, the ship was boarded and weapons were found headed for a location, somewhere in the Middle East.

Very suspicious explanation involving the bow thruster. Odd.

Nothing is an accident when it comes to management failures. It’s usually something related to saving money which usually translates to cutting safety corners

it was a insident no intention behind !

I assume if it was electric bow thruster it would be DC battery based, and the batteries could have had thermal runaway due to high current draw of using the thruster, which then if flooded cells ignited the hydrogen off-gassing. Just a thought, I could be very wrong, but with the rapid violent explosion coming out of the forward hatch it makes sense.

Bow thrusters could be hydraulic / fluid is flammable?

Fire, looking at the pressure coming from the forward hatch and smoke moving fast aft it looks to be from gas mixture ignited from electrical equipment operating. Any leaking LPG or Petrol being stored would settle in the bilge. If this was not purged then an explosion like this is possible. An electrical motor would not emit flame in that way.

What’s criminal is this could’ve been avoided. Had they just let the tugboats get the ship out to a safe channel. It’s all about money 💴💰 I love your videos… I was crew on a Gulfstream jet owned by a rich Arab based in Nice France for several years… So some things in common there. He also owned a very big yacht “Lady Mauro”

Water can catch on fire and explode. The vessel probably encountered a leak and took on water which then was ignited by an electrical source and exploded. At the time of the incident it was reported this yacht was operating in an altered universe.

The biggest stumbling block I have with most conspiracy theories is they mostly fail the, would there be an easier/cheaper way to accomplish the same thing?

Whare was the tug Boats to bring them in and out of port.?

3:26 - Few have mentioned that Julie Mitchell is a company officer, not a low level rumor monger.

Wherever duty calls, you can count on the FBI to get to the bottom of the mystery. Whoever it was who kept flipping the light switch was oblivious to the danger he/she was causing. That individual must be located and punished.

Fuel stored in bow locker combined with spark from bow thruster?

Why were there no large tugs piloting them out of the bay?

It lost control coming out of the Dock then headed to the bridge

Something electrical happened with lights or a few major engine fuses blew out. Unexpected. Maybe giant waves caused this.

Notwithstanding "the denials" the number of similar incidents - not all that many days apart - where ships "lost power" and drifted into < bridges > seems a tad more than JUST COINCIDENTAL!!!!

My theory is that there were issues prior to leaving port! It should have not left port.

Is this incident unprecedented? It seems awfully strange for such a disaster to even be possible.

Human Error. Commercial pressure nowadays overrides safety concerns.

propane tanks? would seem like something you would never bring on board.

Title subject at the end of the video, of course @ 5:00

Well if you watch the ship on the video it looks like they didn't take any evasive action at all and drop the anchors didn't do nothing didn't try to steer it away

Probably a battery for the bow thruster.

Nimitz class aircraft carriers have an air draft of 243 feet (74 meters)

So the thing about criminals is they usually do their best to prevent evidence from being found, so lack of it doesn't mean nothing intentional. As far as hacking steering, not being internet connected just means it would have to have been an inside job. I subscribe to the accident theory myself, but we cannot definitively rule out foul play.

I have held back on asking these two questions: Why did the Dali leave in the middle of the night with electrical issues? Why didn't the tugboats assist navigation to the Dali all the way under the Francis Scott Key Bridge? Thank you.

Crazy how nobody believes it could be an accident. There could have been a component failure that wasn't previously know of, a simple relay has many failure points. And I would say a reefer tripping the ship's main breaker is not likely, it would have tripped a much smaller breaker meant for the reefers. The Dali will be pulled apart until something is found, it might be something as simple as a small wire concealed inside a plug broke, I've seen many complex machines go down for such things. Nothing lasts forever, not even the sun.

diesel (better gasoline) in the bilge? (looked like the explosion happened all along the keel at the same time)

As what this lady said about power issues it seems that they should have stayed in port for sure. Yacht that caught fire may not trip a breaker but still cause a fire. The short circuit may not be pulling enough amperage but still cause a smoldering fire that finally explodes.

As for the super schooner, such vessels are susceptible to fuel leaks, fuel fume explosions after fuel fill up, should the fuel not be allowed to settle, gas leakages from onboard gas cookers, batteries being wrongly connected, etc..

Was the yacht that exploded all electric and charging it's battery?

Only whoever manages the vessel traffic in the under bridge area is guilty of the bridge destruction for sure but nobody else because they didn't provide any special tugboats on duty 24/7 for emergency as it should be. It sounds so ridiculous when they try to accuse and sue the whole chain from the iron ore company of which steel the ship was made of to the customers the goods of which the ship was carried to.

Think about this, why was the Harbourboard negligent in not protecting the bridge from ship strikes? It's not as though it has not happened before in the USA like 50 years ago in similar circumstances. Just another case of hurrying their heads in the sand and with the attitude of itvwont happen here

Clearance refers to air draft not beam.

Saw a report about types of fuel. They claimed. There is fuel for in port, and fuel for at sea. They often attempt to save money by changing over to at sea fuel, as soon as possible. There are laws against this practice. Any truth to this? Was MV Dali trying to do an early fuel change over, under the cover of darkness?

So what will be cause of the explosion? I would think a vessel that size is diesel powered. The thruster is electric or hydraulic and they dont explode. What fumes exploded?

Could the bow thruster have had a local LiFe battery?

I'm just confused on the black smoke from the stacks just before the crash. They said there was no power or direction change recorded.😮

The bow thruster batteries may explode…

😂 there are so many military installations around the Chesapeake bay a war ship would never get to where the key bridge was

Considering that shortly after this, another ship "lost power" and almost hit a bridge in Oklahoma is more than sus! Also that both bridges are 2 of *_very few_* port bridges in the U.S. that DON'T have bumpers to protect the pylons. I'd like to see the original plans and budgets for those bridges! Did they call for bumpers and were left off to save money? Or did taxpayers pay for bumpers and not get them? So many questions that need to be asked that don't involve speculators of terrorism ...that is already a given in most people's minds.

I wonder if that yacht explosion was a backdraft

They cant find the rail line! Thats a federal offense! Removing government property is a crime. Good thing joey reminded everyone about the train tracks. 😉👍

There would not be any sea bobs or scooters on charge in the bow you wouldn’t think.

Sounds like the ship was in a terminal load shedding status in port and at sea before striking the bridge. This ignored, could easily be attributed to why it went black ship several times and collided with the bridge. I would like to know more about this "explosion" as you showed and commented on or about at 2:40. Was this an explosion or just air venting from the hull as it was being crushed by the weight of the bridge? The latter seems most likely to me. FBI to conduct criminal investigation, LOL. You mean the USCG with the FBI? The USCG has master authority over this tragedy.

Just the facts, giving the conspiracy theories air time makes them stronger for people who want to believe them Love your channel

Got to feel for the family of the guy they just got out.

I strongly suspect that no-one would have "messed with" the engine control system program or software. It will run on Hyundai's own software/program and I doubt if anyone onboard would be able to access it. Conversely, I have seen a radar technician spend hours and hours "partioning" a non-standard piece of software on our ARPA after some bright spark decided that he wanted to run a video game on it!!! This only came to light when the tech. came onboard for another issue, and spotted the problem. The Master's comments when he learned what had happened are totally unprintable!

Just to add to your amazing knowledge, the USS Gerald R. Ford is 1092 feet (333m) lang and has a beam of 256 feet (78m). Russian Kuznetsov class carriers are 305m long with a beam of 72m. The Ford displaces 100,000 Long Tons (full load) and the Kuznetsov class 58,600 Long Tons (full load). There are three Kuznetsov class carries, the Admiral Kuznetsov which took four decades to build and is under going a years long refit and the two Chinese carriers. I don' really have two much worry over any of these ships sailing up the Delaware, neither the Russians or the Chinese could operate these ships that far from home.

I still wonder why the issues at the dock were ignored for the first few days. Even on the internet. I asked about it for a few days after I heard somebody almost casually mention it, but it was like nobody cared. So now three weeks later the FBI finds out about the probable cause and wants to examine the old information...? Always seemed to me that the company ordered them to leave the port and fix the problem at sea.

Well, the container ship did leave a berth previously causing damage..! Was that caused by humans or a mechanical failure..?

Where is the crew?

My bow thruster runs on nitro methane and is primed with black powder, for the smoke effect.

He is talking about the hight not width.... 2:26

The first videos that came out. The videos were fast. Later videos that came out, We could see explosions. I question this?

It's all water under the bridge.

That's what you need a criminal investigating a criminal

Nah.... nothing has suggested this was intentional internal or external crime in any way so far. Negligence in maintenance and recklessness in the push to keep to a schedule are much more likely. I suspect the owners or crew were not cooperating with the NTSB and they called the FBI in for muscle to get hold of log books or data recorders, or called them in for extra bodies to do interviews.

What about the municipality that was in charge of the bridge and its safety. With the increase in size of commercial transport ships the municipality failed to add additional protection to the bridge pylons with larger barriers around the pylons. Typical of municipalities, pass off all of the blame instead of acting proactively to protect the structure.

Bevery careful about taking the FBI at there word.