As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy introduced the voyage knowledge recorder often called the “black field’ was recovered from the DALI cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key bridge early Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday night, Homendy and NTSB investigator Marcel Muise held a press convention to disclose the info on the DALI’s black field, also referred to as the Voyage Knowledge Recorder (VDR).
NTSB investigator Marcel Muise revealed there have been about six hours of VDR on knowledge and included a timeline of midnight to six am.
Earlier than revealing the info on the VDR, Muise warned that the standard of the voice recording and radio knowledge was arduous to grasp on account of background noise.
Muise then shared that the “VDR sensor data ceased recording. The VDR audio continued to record using the redundant power source.”
“VDR resumed recording sensor data, and during this time, steering commands and rutter orders were recorded on the audio,” added Muise.
Muise continued, “The ship’s pilot made a very high-frequency radio call for tugs in the vicinity to assist. About this time, the pilot dispatcher phoned the Maryland Transportation Authority duty officer regarding the blackout.”
He concluded his assertion by including that “The ship’s speed over ground was recorded at just under 7 knots. From this moment to approximately 1:29:33, the VDR audio recorded sounds consistent with the collision of the bridge.”
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NTSB Reveals Knowledge on DALI’s Black Field
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Voice recording too arduous to grasp on account of background noise pic.twitter.com/ALlz7qYIXc
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Earlier than the content material on the black field was revealed, Homendy famous a gaggle of operations and engineering teams boarded the DALI to do a walk-through of the ship’s bridge and engine room to search out any digital recorders, cameras, or CCTV footage however couldn’t discover any.
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NTSB Engineers Had been Capable of Board DALI However Discovered NO CCTV Footage, Cameras Or Any Downloadable Knowledge@gatewaypundit pic.twitter.com/Asv3Z5ZOyx
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Per The Washington Post:
The alarms first sounded on the Dali round 1:24 a.m. Tuesday, an NTSB official mentioned in a Wednesday night information convention, citing preliminary info from the container ship’s voice knowledge recorder.
A few minute and a half later, the ship’s pilot used a high-frequency radio to request help, serving to to alert the on-duty Maryland Transportation Authority officer. The pilot referred to as for “tugs in the vicinity,” which assist vessels depart the port and get into its essential channel. Earlier than the Dali hit the bridge, it had no tugs. Thirty seconds later, the pilot ordered the ship’s anchor to be dropped and gave “additional steering commands,” mentioned Marcel Muise, the lead investigator.
At 1:27 a.m., the pilot reported that the Dali had misplaced all energy and was approaching the bridge, Muise mentioned. On the time, there have been two Maryland Transportation Authority items on the scene due to the continued development, and people items shut down all lanes of visitors on the bridge, in keeping with Muise.
He mentioned the voice knowledge recorder captured “sounds consistent with the collision” at 1:29 a.m. Round this time, the lights on the Key Bridge additionally went out.
Watch the whole press convention beneath:
