A loose wire on a cargo ship caused a power outage that may have led to the 2024 deadly collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, US investigators have said.
The Dali container ship, which crashed into the bridge and left six workers dead, was "preventable", National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators said during a hearing on Tuesday.
Police stationed at the bridge's ends were notified that the ship had veered off course but did not call the construction team's inspector to warn them.
Had the six workers been notified when police were, the NTSB said, they may have had time to evacuate.
"There would have been about one minute and 29 seconds to evacuate" before the collision, said NTSB engineer Scott Parent, according to the Washington Post.
