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[bcp]

Another bridge incident, with a difference.

Watch: Ship smashes in to New York's Brooklyn Bridge

A huge Mexican Navy training ship has been damaged after crashing into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge during a festive visit to the US.

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Bruce

 

[blacktruck]

Another bridge incident, with a difference.

Watch: Ship smashes in to New York's Brooklyn Bridge

A huge Mexican Navy training ship has been damaged after crashing into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge during a festive visit to the US.

www.bbc.com

Bruce

Pretty embarrassing I would think for the ship's master.

 

[dodge man]

The ship hitting the bridge would have been a little more humorous except a couple of people died. I read something broke or malfunctioned on the ship.

 

[WinterDeere]

I read something broke or malfunctioned on the ship.

That's almost always the case, when you see ship to shore collisions. Even on a training ship, the ranking officials on board are usually there because they have displayed a very long history of exceptional competence.

That said, in things like parades and exhibitions, rules that might normally keep a vessel and a bridge well-apart are sometimes bent a little. I know nothing about this case, but the way they have the boat lit up makes me think that it could have been part of some display that had the vessel operating closer to the land and bridge than might otherwise happen under normal operations. Mechanical failures, such as transmissions that won't come out of reverse into forward, are resolved a lot more easily when you're not operating within a ship's length or two of an obstacle.

 

[blacktruck]

The ship hitting the bridge would have been a little more humorous except a couple of people died. I read something broke or malfunctioned on the ship.

I only saw a brief mention of the ship hitting the bridge. I didn't see the news of casualties. That does make it tragic indeed.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't know much about sailing ships. Would this have an auxiliary engine, or was it under tow?

 

[dodge man]

I don’t know for sure but I’m almost sure it woukd have engine power.

 

[WinterDeere]

I don't know much about sailing ships. Would this have an auxiliary engine, or was it under tow?

Pretty rare for any sailing vessel to not have a small diesel (often Yanmar), capable of at least 8 - 10 knots. Really necessary for navigating high-traffic inlets and harbors, not to mention powering you through select sections of long crossings when the wind forecast isn't 100% reliable.

 

[BigBlue1]

That's a weird one. It was obviously much taller than the bridge would allow passage for. Either they were badly misinformed or ???

 

[orezok]

It appears that they had some sort of propulsion failure and the river current carried them backward into the bridge.