As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy introduced the voyage knowledge recorder generally known as the “black field’ was recovered from the DALI cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday night, Homendy and NTSB investigator Marcel Muise held a press convention to disclose the info on the DALI’s black field, also referred to as the Voyage Knowledge Recorder (VDR).
NTSB investigator Marcel Muise revealed there have been about six hours of VDR on knowledge and included a timeline of midnight to six am.
Earlier than revealing the info on the VDR, Muise warned that the standard of the voice recording and radio knowledge was laborious to grasp because of background noise.
Muise then shared that the “VDR sensor knowledge ceased recording. The VDR audio continued to report utilizing the redundant energy supply.”
“VDR resumed recording sensor knowledge, and through this time, steering instructions and rutter orders had been recorded on the audio,” added Muise.
Muise continued, “The ship’s pilot made a really high-frequency radio name for tugs within the neighborhood to help. About this time, the pilot dispatcher phoned the Maryland Transportation Authority obligation officer concerning the blackout.”
He concluded his assertion by including that “The ship’s pace over floor was recorded at slightly below 7 knots. From this second to roughly 1:29:33, the VDR audio recorded sounds in line with the collision of the bridge.”
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NTSB Reveals Knowledge on DALI’s Black Field
Sensors’s Mysteriously Lower off
Voice recording too laborious to grasp because of background noise pic.twitter.com/ALlz7qYIXc
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Earlier than the content material on the black field was revealed, Homendy famous a gaggle of operations and engineering teams boarded the DALI to do a walk-through of the ship’s bridge and engine room to search out any digital recorders, cameras, or CCTV footage however couldn’t discover any.
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NTSB Engineers Have been Capable of Board DALI However Discovered NO CCTV Footage, Cameras Or Any Downloadable Knowledge@gatewaypundit pic.twitter.com/Asv3Z5ZOyx
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) March 28, 2024
The alarms first sounded on the Dali round 1:24 a.m. Tuesday, an NTSB official stated in a Wednesday night information convention, citing preliminary info from the container ship’s voice knowledge recorder.
A couple of minute and a half later, the ship’s pilot used a high-frequency radio to request help, serving to to alert the on-duty Maryland Transportation Authority officer. The pilot known as for “tugs within the neighborhood,” which assist vessels go away the port and get into its principal channel. Earlier than the Dali hit the bridge, it had no tugs. Thirty seconds later, the pilot ordered the ship’s anchor to be dropped and gave “further steering instructions,” stated Marcel Muise, the lead investigator.
At 1:27 a.m., the pilot reported that the Dali had misplaced all energy and was approaching the bridge, Muise stated. On the time, there have been two Maryland Transportation Authority models on the scene due to the continuing building, and people models shut down all lanes of site visitors on the bridge, based on Muise.
He stated the voice knowledge recorder captured “sounds in line with the collision” at 1:29 a.m. Round this time, the lights on the Key Bridge additionally went out.
Watch the complete press convention under:
