Senior Maryland Pilot Warned Officials of Risk of Bridge Strike
A senior Maryland pilot raised concerns about the risk of an #collision between a big ship and the Francis Scott Key #Bridge at least as early as 2006, and continued to discuss the matter in local safety meetings for years, according to detailed records uncovered by the Washington Post.
The documents also show that at the staff level, the #Maryland Transportation Authority was aware that their bridge was "not designed to withstand collisions from large vessels," and that the cost of protecting it would be high.
#PeopleNotProfits #Safety #shipping #maritime #FrancisScott #neglect
