The Boy
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CISA has just confirmed that the ship "lost propulsion". It looks like from what the BBC is reporting that the ship drifted off course 5 minutes before hitting the bridge, I presume it drifted into it.If a ship takes the middle of the channel there’s tons of clearance either side. The greater risk would be the ship being too high and failing to clear the bridge deck.
In this case though, the ship was nowhere near the centre of the channel. It was so close to the support that any loss of control or slight miscalculation would massively increase the risk of a collision.
I wonder why it was taking that course. It doesn’t look like it was trying to get out of the way of anything coming towards it.