NTSB releases preliminary report on Dali collision with Key Bridge
COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. TOMORROW THE NTSB WILL WILL TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS ON ITS RESPONSE TO THE KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. AND TONIGHT, THE AGENCY RELEASED ITS PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE DISASTER. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED TEN HOURS BEFORE THE DOLLY CARGO SHIP LEFT BALTIMORE AND COLLIDED WITH THE BRIDGE. IT EXPERIENCE A BLACKOUT. A CREW MEMBER MISTAKES CLOSED AN ENGINE EXHAUST DAMPER. DOING SO CAUSED THE SHIP TO STALL. THE SHIP THEN EXPERIENCED A SECOND BLACKOUT THE MORNING OF MARCH 26TH. THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THE BREAKERS OPENED UNEXPECTEDLY. AT THE TIME, THE DOLLY WAS JUST TWO MILES. EXCUSE ME, POINT TWO MILES FROM THE KEY BRIDGE. THE CREW DID MANAGE TO REGAIN THE ELECTRIC POWER BEFORE THE SHIP HIT THE BRIDGE. HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REGAIN PROPULSION, WHICH CAUSED THE SHIP TO THEN SLAM INTO THE STRUCTURE. AT …