Ship collides with bridge - GIF

Ship collides with bridge in Belgium.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...315#post218687
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...444#post215461
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...709#post209710
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...749#post206243
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...500#post205157

Looks like someone forgot to raise the bridge.

Lets just park iiiiit right abouuuuuuut HERE! Perfect!

That’s the braille method of navigation

Looks like it was raining. Ship probably couldn't brake hard enough in the wet.

Too bad that whirly thing on the deck wasn't working...

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Originally Posted by IntheGroove

Too bad that whirly thing on the deck wasn't working...

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I caught that too. Several thoughts came to mind...

Radar works but nobody in the wheelhouse is watching the display.

They see the bridge on the radar display too late to slow/stop the ship.

The radar image of the bridge is camouflaged by the buildings around the river in the background.

Someone must have been at the helm as the bow thrusters were activated immediately...