Dundalk Eagle

NTSB issues final report detailing cause of Key Bridge collapse

More than 20 months after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board issued its ...
ABC6

A look at the Washington Bridge closure and rebuilding process, two years on

Two years ago today, the westbound side of the Washington Bridge was abruptly shut down by state officials. The announcement ...
National Geographic news

How a doomed bridge became the Pacific Northwest’s most unlikely reef

When the two-lane Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened on July 1, 1940, it was hailed as a “triumph of structural engineering.” Locals quickly gave it another name—Galloping Gertie—after noticing how the ...
The Diplomat

Hongqi Bridge Collapse Is a Warning. China’s Leaders Should Listen.

Earlier this month, officials abruptly closed the 758-meter Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan after cracks appeared in the surrounding terrain. Within a day, landslides tore through the mountainside, ...
New York Post

Loose wire that caused Baltimore bridge collapse could cost $5.2B to replace

A loose signal wire caused the blackout that sent the cargo ship Dali crashing into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday, blaming the ...
KTVU

Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: NTSB to vote on probable cause, safety recommendations

BALTIMORE - The findings of a federal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse will be revealed on Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting at its L’Enfant Plaza ...
Fox News

Single loose wire caused Baltimore bridge collapse that could cost Maryland $5.2B to replace

A loose signal wire caused the blackout that sent the cargo ship Dali crashing into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday, blaming the ...
CNN

How the NTSB is trying to prevent another major bridge collapse

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore could be repeated across the country if recommendations aren’t followed, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board ...
The Baltimore Sun

NTSB: Key Bridge collapse was entirely ‘preventable,’ citing ship failures and missing worker warning system

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by a massive container ship was preventable, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday, pointing to factors large and small ...
WBAL-TV

'This was preventable': NTSB presents Key Bridge collapse findings from investigation into Dali

BLACKOUTS ON BOARD. THE ROOT CAUSE OF LAST YEAR’S DEADLY KEY BRIDGE COLLAPSE. ONE LOOSE WIRE AND ONE MISPLACED WIRE LABEL. THAT’S WHAT THE NTSB FOUND AT THE END OF ITS MEETING TODAY. NONE OF US SHOULD ...
NBC Washington

One loose wire caused 1st blackout before Baltimore Key Bridge disaster, NTSB says

Two electrical blackouts, one caused by a loose wire and another by problems with a fuel pump, disabled the controls of a huge cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, ...
USA Today

Baltimore bridge collapse that killed 6 was 'preventable,' federal investigators say

Federal officials investigating the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in 2024 said the deadly accident was "preventable" at a board meeting on Nov. 18. The Dali ‒ a 984-foot ...