Federal officials on Tuesday said a loose wire led to a power failure on the cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, killing six people and destroying the bridge.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is holding a hearing on Tuesday in Washington on the probable cause of the incident, said they were recommending that operators complete periodic inspections of high voltage switchboards and proposing changes that would allow ships to more quickly recover from loss of power.
“The fact is, we shouldn’t be here today. This tragedy should’ve never occurred … lives should’ve never been lost,” Jennifer Homendy, head of the National Transportation Safety Board, said in her remarks. “As with all accidents we investigate, this was preventable.”…