With the collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore, closing one of the busiest ports in America, people who make a living giving their opinion have come up with some interesting theories. It was a cyber attack, it was sabotage, it was the Russians, it was Donald Trump. This is the difference between 75 Radio and everyone else; we’ve been there.
As a former engineer in the US Navy, I can tell you what most probably went wrong. I have been on ships when it has gone “dead in the water.” Or it has completely lost power. The ship in Baltimore lost power. The systems to prevent a total loss of power failed. Many ships have a system where it knows if there is a power failure a generator will automatically fire up and generate electricity. Think of it like a Generac home generator on a ship.
And once a ship goes dead in the water, it keeps going. No steering and no throttles. Luckily the times I have been on a ship where it has gone dead in the water, the ship was not traveling very fast and we were miles away from any danger. As for the bridge total collapse. It’s a 50 year old bridge with no protection around the structure. It was bound to happen.
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