Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Investigators Find Loose Electrical Cable on Ship

Investigators have found a loose cable that may have caused electrical issues on the Dali cargo ship, which lost power and veered into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, causing the bridge to collapse. When disconnected, the cable triggered an electrical blackout on the 984-foot-long, 95,000-ton vessel, according to new documents released on Sept. 11 by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB did not include any analysis or conclusions in the new documents. Those will likely be released at a later date in the board’s final report on the incident. According to federal safety officials, the Singapore-flagged Dali left Seagirt Marine Terminal in the Port of Baltimore at 12.39 a.m. local time on March 26—the day of the crash—and was en route to Sri Lanka....