The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) played an alarm during a news conference on Thursday, warning 30 owners of 68 bridges in 19 states to assess the vulnerable assessment to determine the risk of collapse of the bridge due to a ship being killed.
NTSB also cited the lack of assessment of the Maryland State Authority, which has stopped the deadly collapse of Francis Scott’s bridge in Baltimore.
The 984-foot Singapore-Flagged cargo vessel was going out of the Baltimore Harbor on March 26, 2024, when it experienced the loss of electrical power and propulsion and hit the southern ghat with supporting the Central Trus Spain of Francis Skott’s central trus spain of Francis Scott Bridge.
The bridge collapsed, killing six construction crew members and injuring two other people.
Cargo ship dali is trapped under the part of the structure of the Bridge of Francis Scott after hitting the bridge on 26 March 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Sheffelbin, File)
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According to the guidance of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officers (Aashto), NTSB President Jennifer Homendi said on Thursday that the key bridge was about 30 times above the “acceptable risk limit” for important or essential bridges.
While the bridges that have not been evaluated are not certain to collapse, NTSB said that “the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) assessed a vulnerability on the bridge on the basis of recent plant traffic, the MDTA would know that the bridge was beyond the acceptable risk and information was received to reduce the risk of the bridge with the bridge.
“Clearly, we are ringing alarm on it because there is a tragedy,” Hamendi said. “We need action. Public safety depends on it.”
In this aerial scene, a steel truss from the Bridge of Francis Scott, destroyed, pinned the container ship Dal in the Patpsco River on May 13, 2024 in Baltimore. (Chip Somodeville/Getty Images)
Last year’s NTSB identified 68 bridges designed before the Aashto guidance, with no current vulnerable evaluation.
NTSB is recommended whether the owners of the 30 bridges evaluate whether their bridge is above the Aashto of the acceptable level of risk, and, if yes, develop and implement a widespread risk decrease plan.
Aashto developed and published vulnerable evaluation calculations for new bridges on the National Highway system in 1991 in response to the NTSB investigation into the NTSB of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida.
Explosive allegations are exploded to bring down the sections of Francis Scott Bridge, which collapsed on May 13, 2024 in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Mark Sheffelbin)
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At that time, Aashto also recommended that all bridge owners evaluate a vulnerable evaluation on existing bridges, “to evaluate their risk of frightening collision in the event of a vessel collision.”
Decades later, in 2009, Aashto repeated that recommendation again.
Since 1994, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires new bridges, designed to reduce the risk of collapse of a frightening bridge from a collision of a vessel, “According to NTSB, looking at the size, speed and other characteristics of the ships navigating the channel below the bridge.”
The debris of Francis Scott’s bridge rests on the container ship Dali as the President Joe Biden visit an aerial tour of the collapsed bridge in Baltimore on 5 April 2024. (AP Photo/Manual Bals Senetta)
Homendi stated that NTSB is recommending FHWA, US Coast Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers, which establishes a “interdisciplinary team” to provide guidance and assistance to the owners in evaluating and reducing the risks.
According to NTSB, reducing risk can mean infrastructure improvement or operational changes.
NTSB will release more than 1,000 pages of discover material on public dock on Thursday, including bridge reports and some interviews.
This 3D imagery reflects the debris of the Bridge of Francis Scott, which rests in the bottom of the Papapsco River. (US Navy’s Naval C Systems Command of Salve and Diving)
Next week, NTSB intends to release hazardous materials, meteorological and survival factors factors and an increase in a study by its office in the size of the vessel and risk an increase and affiliated security.
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Travel data recorders will follow audio tape and related data, leading to NTSB to release its final report, which will probably be in the decline.
MDTA did not immediately respond to the request of Fox News Digital for a comment on Thursday afternoon.
