Al Ritter
Last Tuesday in the early morning hours the DALI, a
South Korean built container ship registered in Singapore, registering some 980
feet in length, 158 feet in width and displacing 148,000 tons rammed into one
of the supporting structures of the Francis Scott Key Bridge which virtually
sealed the entrance to the second busiest port in America.
While tragic in nature because of the loss of human
life, things could have been worse. Had the Transportation Police not closed
off the bridge due to a mayday call from the pilots on the ship the loss of
life would have been far worse. This is the first indication that this was not
an intentional act. If it had been intentional no warning would have been
given. Secondly there are far more deadly targets available to terrorists in
the Baltimore area. I won’t go into them here because I wouldn’t want to put
ideas in their head. I will say however that other bridges would be better targets
for a terrorist act.
The Dali hasn’t been on the water long. The keel was
laid in October 2014 and finished before that year’s end. Some conspiracy
theorists are blaming the accident on outdated navigation equipment which isn’t
true because no matter how old the ship there are requirements as to the
equipment they all need to have so that point is moot. Some are saying that the
fuel was contaminated which to me seems comical at the very least. These types
of container ships use HFO (heavy fuel oil.) The viscosity of this oil is so
thick, it is said that a man can actually walk on it! It is just two steps in
refinement from the oil used in asphalt production. To burn this fuel extreme
heaters are needed to melt it down to the viscosity to burn. So as you can see,
to claim the fuel could be somehow contaminated is ridiculous.
The DALI is no stranger to accidents in the past
either, and not from the same Captains either. She collided with a berth in
Antwerp, Belgium in 2016 causing serious damage to her stern and transom.
Some people think that because the “fly by wire”
systems in these ships that computer hacking is possible because those systems
aren’t encrypted. I am no ship’s engineer but I highly doubt the transmission
of commands is done through Wi-Fi but rather hardwiring within the ship thus
making the command impervious to outside hacking.
Too many people seem to think that today’s technology
is technical perfection. Nothing could be farther from the truth. IMO the more
technology you use the more possibilities for failure.
They call these tragedies accidents for a reason. Not
everything is cut in stone there can always be equipment failures and not
everything is a terrorist attack.
Read about the DALI here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dali
9 comments:
People are more willing to jump to conclusions in this day in age because they know that the media and government lie to us constantly and as a result that trust is now gone.
I agree totally, I'm reminded of an old adage. When you hear hooves, think horses and not zebras. People read too much into not a whole lot about nothing accident plain and simple. I heard one shipping expert that said the reason it veered off to the right is because the ship has only one screw (propeller) and if you force that ship into reverse quickly it can dart in either direction. Other people are saying they saw explosions on the bridge as it was collapsing. They seem to forget that there are electrical connections on the top and bottom of the bridge. Of course they going to short circuit as the bridge falls. All sorts of arm chair quarterbacks in play here!
Just like everything else, people are going to tend to believe only what they WANT to believe not the actual facts. I'd believe that video from an actual ship's engineer before anyone else!
Don’t you just love the conspiracy crap
Rahn Emanuel said never let a good disaster go to waste! So the Biden Administration came here to tout their Infrastructure Bill!
Trump blame coming in 3,2,1
There's gonna be enough human error to go around for everyone involved but I highly doubt any of it was intentional
finally!! a voice of reason amongst all the looney conspiracy theorists!!
People who say "terrorists" are TROLLS. or idiots.
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