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Video shows collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge

Nbcwashington · · 416 words · By Andrea Swalec; NBC Washington Staff
Maritime Accident Emergency Response Infrastructure Disaster
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“a ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, early Tuesday and sent the bridge plunging into the Patapsco River”
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Multiple Wikipedia entries and news sources confirm that on March 26, 2024 (a Tuesday), a container ship struck a pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Francis Scott Key Bridge (informally, Key Bridge or Beltway Bridge) was a highway bridge that crossed the lower Patapsco River and outer Baltimore Harbor/Port. It was opened on March 23, 1977, to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_(Balt…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On March 26, 2024, the main spans and the three nearest northeast approach spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore metropolitan area of Maryland, United States…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_colla…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement is a project to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge in greater Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The 1.6-mile (2.6 km) bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_repla…
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“The vessel’s lights appear to go dark as it nears the bridge before appearing to flicker back on moments before the collision”
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Multiple web search results describe the ship's lights going out and flickering/returning shortly before the collision.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship's lights went out and then came back on moments later, followed by another outage just before impact, accompanied by renewed smoke emission from its funnel.
https://www.marinex.org/safety-at-sea-unpacking-the-baltimor…
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web search NEUTRAL — The container ship that collided with Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday had "lost control" shortly before the incident, reports have revealed.
https://www.newsweek.com/baltimore-francis-scott-key-bridge-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship will likely be repaired at a New York shipyard and return to service with the Mexican Navy, Sheinbaum said at Monday’s news conference. There was no visible damage to the bridge, which only t…
https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/5-fateful-minute…
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“The search for several missing people stretched into late Tuesday”
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Multiple news sources confirm that search operations for missing construction workers continued through Tuesday and into Wednesday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Authorities say all six workers missing after a Baltimore bridge collapsed Tuesday are presumed dead and the search for them has been suspended until Wednesday morning.
https://apnews.com/live/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-latest…
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web search NEUTRAL — Officials have called the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge after a cargo ship rammed into it an "unthinkable tragedy." Here's what to know.
https://time.com/6960612/baltimore-francis-scott-key-bridge-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Singapore-flagged cargo ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland early Tuesday morning, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River. Recovery operations are underway.
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-baltimore-bridge-collap…
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“Sonar indicated there were vehicles in the water”
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The provided search results for 'sonar' refer to a website called 'Sonar21' and general sonar definitions, but do not provide evidence regarding sonar detecting vehicles in the water at the bridge site.
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · A Son of the New American Revolution The Sonar21 effort continues solely through the generous support of our audience. You can help this endeavor as we continue to create new content, rea…
https://sonar21.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — www.sonar21.com
https://www.sonar21.com/?post_type=post
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web search NEUTRAL — Sonar21: Analytical Depth, American Freedom Sonar21 is the name of Larry’s online effort. For most people, SONAR carries the connotation of in-depth analysis, of soundings — pings and reflections — wh…
https://sonar21.com/about/
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“the temperature was about 47 degrees in the early hours of Tuesday, according to a buoy that collects data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains general information about the Fahrenheit scale and climate of other cities, but no specific NOAA buoy data for the Patapsco River on that Tuesday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The climate of Chicago is classified as hot-summer humid continental (Köppen: Dfa, Trewartha: Dca) with hot humid summers and cold, occasionally snowy winters. Although lakefront areas such as Norther…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Chicago
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Franklin is a town in and the county seat of Macon County, North Carolina, United States. It is situated within the Nantahala National Forest. The population was reported to be 4,175 in the 2020 censu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_North_Carolina
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a partial list of temperature phenomena that have been labeled as heat waves, listed in order of occurrence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heat_waves
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“Synergy Marine Group — which owns and manages the ship called the “Dali” — confirmed the vessel hit a pillar of the bridge at about 1:30 a.m. while two pilots were in control”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the ship was the MV Dali and that it collided with a bridge support. Synergy Marine Group's management is noted in the evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On March 26, 2024, the main spans and the three nearest northeast approach spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore metropolitan area of Maryland, United States…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_colla…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MV Dali is a Neopanamax container ship built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. On 26 March 2024, she caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after losing power and colliding with o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dali
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S (Danish: [ˈɛˀ ˈpʰe̝ˀ ˈmølˀɐ ˈmɛɐ̯sk]), usually known simply as Maersk (English: MAIRSK), is a Danish shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maersk
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“all crew members, including the pilots, were accounted for and there are no reports of any injuries”
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Multiple independent sources (NYT and other reports) confirm that all crew members and pilots were accounted for and no injuries were reported on the ship.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship's 21 crew members, most of whom were Indian citizens, and the two pilots were accounted for. There were no injuries among those on the ship.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/key-bridge-collapse-ba…
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web search NEUTRAL — Synergy Marine Corp said all of the ship's crew members, including the two pilots, have been accounted for. No injuries were reported aboard the ship. The Port of Baltimore's private and public ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/03/26/maps-balt…
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web search NEUTRAL — However, before this could happen, there was another blackout within a minute of the restoration of power supply, according to the unconfirmed report. Synergy advised that all 22 crew members from Ind…
https://www.wecoxclaimsgroup.com/casualty-notices/new-casual…
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“The Dali was headed from Baltimore to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and flying under a Singapore flag, according to data from Marine Traffic”
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Multiple sources confirm the ship was flying a Singaporean flag and was destined for Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MV Dali is a Neopanamax container ship built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. On 26 March 2024, she caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after losing power and colliding with o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dali
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web search NEUTRAL — Singapore-registered container ship. Dali in the Port of Rotterdam in 2018. History.Dali was sold from Stellar Marine to Grace Ocean, a Singaporean company, in October 2016; she was placed under the m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Dali
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship, which was sailing under the Singaporean flag, was on its way to Sri Lanka and was supposed to arrive there on April 22, according to VesselFinder, a ship tracking website. The Dali, which is…
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/dali-ship-baltimore-br…
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“The container ship is about 985 feet long and about 157 feet wide, according to the website”
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The provided Wikipedia results for this claim are irrelevant (referring to the Dali Kingdom and Claude Monet) and do not provide the dimensions of the ship.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spanish art has been an important contributor to Western art and Spain has produced many famous and influential artists including Velázquez, Goya and Picasso. Spanish art was particularly influenced …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dali Kingdom, also known as the Dali State (traditional Chinese: 大理國; simplified Chinese: 大理国; pinyin: Dàlǐ Guó; Bai: Dablit Guaif), was a Bai dynastic state situated in modern Yunnan province, Ch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dali_Kingdom
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of works by Claude Monet (1840–1926), including all the extant finished paintings but excluding the Water Lilies, which can be found here, and preparatory black and white sketches. Mone…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paintings_by_Claude_Mo…
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“Danish shipping giant Maersk said it had chartered the vessel, which was carrying its customers’ cargo”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny that Maersk chartered the vessel.
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“No Maersk crew and personnel were on board”
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