Baltimore Bridge Collapse Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 6 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow the investigation into the deadly container ship collision that closed the Port of Baltimore.
On March 26, 2024, the world collectively gasped as a massive container ship, the Dali, lost control and plowed into the landmark Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The busy four-lane bridge suffered a catastrophic collapse and crashed into the Patapsco River. How did a modern ship lose all power and propulsion? And why did the bridge fail so catastrophically?
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Baltimore Bridge Collapse Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 6 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
On March 26, 2024, the world collectively gasped as a massive container ship, the Dali, lost control and plowed into the landmark Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The busy four-lane bridge suffered a catastrophic collapse and crashed into the Patapsco River. How did a modern ship lose all power and propulsion? And why did the bridge fail so catastrophically?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- A deadly disaster.
- Whole bridge just collapsed.
- In a critical shipping lane.
- A nightmare scenario.
- [Narrator] How could a modern ship lose control?
- From the time Dolly lost power till it hit the bridge was four minutes.
- [Narrator] Could it happen again?
- This could have been prevented.
- [Narrator] The race to reopen.
- There's so much pressure on the beam.
- [Narrator] After the Baltimore Bridge collapse.
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- [Narrator] On Nova.
What Caused Baltimore’s Key Bridge to Collapse?
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Engineers explain how a vulnerability made the bridge open to catastrophe. (2m 57s)
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