Did This Part FAIL Cause MV Dali Key Bridge Collapse?

The NTSB released an Investigative Update with Release Date 24 June 2024.
​This report provides an update to the NTSB’s preliminary report issued on May 14, 2024, concerning the March 26, 2024, contact of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, and the subsequent collapse of the Key Bridge. Investigative activities have continued since the preliminary report was issued.

NTSB investigators have completed in-person interviews of the vessel’s crew. Onboard examination of engineering systems and testing of electrical systems has been completed. Documentation of the damage to the vessel structure is ongoing. Jeff Ostroff gives you an analysis of the suspect electrical part that the NTSB removed off the MV Dali ship to investigate the cause of the electrical failure that led to Dali crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26,

​During the accident voyage, electrical breakers HR1 and LR1 unexpectedly opened when the vessel was three ship lengths from the Key Bridge, causing the first blackout (loss of electrical power) to all shipboard lighting and most equipment. While examining and testing the vessel’s electrical power distribution system and control circuitry, NTSB investigators (in coordination with vessel crew and parties to the investigation) noted an interruption in the control circuit for HR1’s undervoltage release.