re: Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed - container ship wrecked into it

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Not likely. All the black smoke was most likely going full back on the main engine. It could have possibly been the generators coming back online but they generally don't smoke THAT much. The speed reduction also indicates that the main engine was likely reversed before the hit. The anchor went down as well but I doubt that did anything. My guess is that they went blackship, the emergency gen kicked on, capt thought he could steer out of it, went black again, crash stop anchor down just to lessen the blow.

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