News / The Loadstar Explains: M/V Dali destroys Francis Scott Key Bridge

Photo: BCDF Rescue Team 1

In the fastest Loadstar Explainer ever, we attempt to use what information is available to inoculate readers against some of social media’s most sensational – and extravagantly wrong – conclusions.

Why did M/V Dali smash into the bridge?

A loss-of-propulsion (LoP).

At least one LoP, and associated loss of electrical power and control authority, is known to be the proximate cause of the accident. Video captures the moments when the vessel lost power and its lights went out. Black smoke from the funnel, as evidenced in ...