Cyberattacks or Likely Cyberattacks on American Infrastructure

Yes, a "MAYDAY" warning was issued by the ship's captain minutes before impact, across all frequencies, which allowed cops to block the roads to the bridge before allusion.

The construction crews were trapped, sadly, and probably had no idea what was going on. Very sad for them, RIP.
 
I recently watched the second season of The Wire. That season centers around smuggling in the port of Baltimore, and even features scenes shot under that Key bridge. It paints a pretty bleak picture of the state of the port and the poor situation of its workers, and that was from 20 years ago. If that was accurate back then, I can only imagine how corrupt it is now.
 
Catturd is coming out hard on twitter saying this has to be intentional and all the comments after this post are backing him up. They're saying container ships have redundant power supplies so steering can't go out. They're saying the ship had to make the sudden radical turn that it did, or the protective pylon in front of the bridge support would have stopped it.

It's not credible that this could be an accident, but yet everybody was out with speeches as soon as it happened, as if they were ready ahead of time.

 
Thomas More said:
Catturd is coming out hard on twitter saying this has to be intentional and all the comments after this post are backing him up. They're saying container ships have redundant power supplies so steering can't go out.
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"Dali" had the backup power unit kick in before the collision, however we do not know what was the exact nature of the engine room failure, so it's hard to tell which systems were operational.

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They're saying the ship had to make the sudden radical turn that it did,
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The port side anchor was dropped, add the local currents, and the ship turned hard starboard.

Thomas More said:
or the protective pylon in front of the bridge support would have stopped it.
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This is straight wrong - the bridge was built in the 70s when ships of this tonnage didn't exist. She's a post-panamax: twice the weight of container ships sailing back when the bridge was built.

Thomas More said:
It's not credible that this could be an accident, but yet everybody was out with speeches as soon as it happened, as if they were ready ahead of time.

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Still more questions than answers.
 
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TruckDriver9 said:
The port side anchor was dropped, add the local currents, and the ship turned hard starboard
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Has that been confirmed to be the cause of the hard turn? I've seen the pictures where you can see the anchor had been dropped, but couldn't that have been after the fact? Also, with a ship that size going that fast, would the anchor have immediately caused the ship to turn like that, or would the anchor have dragged a bit before "catching?" Do these ships only have one anchor, or is there one on each side? If there is, wouldn't they have dropped both to prevent this sort of thing?

Not being argumentative, these are genuine questions I have and I'm kind of an idiot.
 
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Has that been confirmed to be the cause of the hard turn? I've seen the pictures where you can see the anchor had been dropped, but couldn't that have been after the fact?
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Reportedly, the port pilot made the call to drop the port side anchor - he was trying to put the ship perpendicular to the channel.

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Also, with a ship that size going that fast, would the anchor have immediately caused the ship to turn like that, or would the anchor have dragged a bit before "catching?"
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Never been on a ship that dropped an anchor while at speed (not a sailor either), but from what I understand this should result with the ship making a sharp turn. However in this case it didn't work, probably because the anchor dragged too much and instead of a sharp turn, the ship only changed its course a little.

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Do these ships only have one anchor, or is there one on each side? If there is, wouldn't they have dropped both to prevent this sort of thing?
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There are two anchors (and a possible spare) one on each side. Why the pilot chose to drop only one ? - He was going for a hard turn, if he dropped both anchors they would only slow the ship without changing its course.

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Not being argumentative, these are genuine questions I have and I'm kind of an idiot.
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I've got a lot of my own - there are some details missing, which could make this whole thing much clearer. One way or the other.
 
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If it was a financial and economic attack, wouldn’t they go for a crash at 9am to wipe out as many cars and people?

I don’t question this will devastate the local economy for years as ships will be blocked from the port until the wreckage of the bridge is cleared . All the auto Traffic that would normally use the bridge will be diverted .

It’s bad but at this point I blame stupidity/diversity hires rather than malicious attack
 
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