The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is investigating the accident in which a large ship collided with a bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, in the eastern United States, said it would take one to two years to determine the cause. I did.
Two of the six workers missing after a large cargo ship collided with a bridge pier and the bridge collapsed in the early hours of the 26th in Baltimore, the largest city in the eastern US state of Maryland. His body was discovered on the same day.
The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board), which is investigating the accident, held a press conference and announced that it had recovered a device called VDR, which records information on the ship's location and audio exchanges inside the ship.
The recording spanned six hours and included audio recordings such as reports of power outages.
Furthermore, while the bridge that collapsed was confirmed to be safe during an inspection in May last year, he pointed out that due to the structure of the bridge, there was a risk that the entire bridge would collapse if one part was damaged.
The NTSB is conducting an investigation by analyzing records and interviewing crew members, but has predicted that it will take one to two years to determine the cause.
Secretary of Transportation Buttigieg said at a press conference at the White House that rebuilding bridges "is by no means something that can be done quickly, easily, or at low cost," acknowledging that it will take a considerable amount of time.
He also emphasized that the government will support efforts to reopen the port as soon as possible to ensure that the supply chain for goods is not significantly affected due to the inability of ships to enter and exit the Port of Baltimore.