Reports of an FBI investigation underway. No idea if that's true.
The FBI was aboard the ship today. There are reports that it left the dock with known electrical failures.
It’s routine for ships entering leaving port to have 2 generators running in parallel so if one fails the other will assume the load without interruption. If the electrical system was in order a complete failure like what we saw should not have happened. I bet USCG port inspectors might feel some heat too.
Did the boat lose electrical power only? Maybe I just assumed it lost propulsion.
Shortly after the lights went out there was billowing black smoke coming from the stack and I think it was the engine backing down hard. Because shortly after that, the bow began to swing to starboard PDQ most likely due to the propeller’s side force. that’s my 0.2 cents.
The smoke was from the generator
Maybe, only reason I thought it was the engine backing is because of the bow swinging to starboard shortly afterwards possibly induced by the side force of the propeller. That’s just my .2 cents based on one video I saw on the news.The cause of allision was IMO due to a power failure, nothing else. When a ship that size loses power there isn’t much that can be done other than to hold on tight..
Thought the swing was from them dropping anchor in an attempt to stop...Eagler
