A Series of Unfortunate Events on a Cargo Ship Takes Out a Bridge

Cargo ship Dali is pinned down by sections of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after colliding with a bridge tower. Image: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

Following is an annotated timeline of the cargo ship Dali’s last trip. Dali, carrying 4,700 containers, left its berth near the city of Baltimore but lost power soon thereafter and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on its way out to the open sea.
The timeline is constructed from videos, reports and expert commentary on YouTube.
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