BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse recklessly cut corners and ignored known electrical...
recklessly cut corners and ignored known electrical problems on the vessel, the Justice Department alleged Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $100 million that the government spent to clear the underwater debris and reopen the city’s port.
Darrell Wilson, a Grace Ocean spokesperson, said the owner and manager had no comment on the merits of the claim but “look forward to our day in court to set the record straight.” But the Dali had already experienced power issues earlier. Its first blackout occurred while still docked in Baltimore after a crew member mistakenly closed an exhaust damper during maintenance, causing one of the diesel engines to stall, according to safety investigators. Crew members then switched from one transformer and breaker system — which had been in use for several months — to a second that was active upon its departure. That second system is where investigators found the loose cable.
When the active transformer and breaker system failed as the ship approached the bridge, power should have automatically transferred to the ship’s other system, the lawsuit says, “but this automation, a safety feature tailor made for the occasion at hand, had been recklessly disabled.” Instead, the ship’s engineers had to manually restore power, which took a full minute, the complaint says.
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