The US Department of Transportation approved an allocation of $60 million to the state of Maryland for the restoration of the collapsed bridge. Photo: Getty Images.

Authorities from the National Transportation Safety Board

released preliminary data from the black box of the Dali container ship that collided on Tuesday with the Francis Scott Key Bridge

in the city of Baltimore (Maryland, USA), causing its collapse. partial.

As revealed this Thursday at a press conference,

the information is subject to final validation

, since the quality of the audio recorded by

the voyage data recorder varies greatly due to the high levels of background noise and alarms

.

According to preliminary analysis,

the ship entered the Fort McHenry Channel at 01:07 (local time)

, and after almost 20 minutes the pilot made a radio call to request help from nearby tugboats.

Around this time, the Maryland Transportation Authority was informed of the Dali problem and gave the order to close the road across the bridge in both directions, saving countless lives.

Then, at 01:27:04 

the captain ordered to drop anchor to port, and only after about 20 seconds he reported that the container ship had lost all power and was approaching the bridge

.

The recorder recorded sounds consistent with the bridge collision at 01:29:33, and after 6 seconds the pilot himself reported the accident.

This Thursday,

the US Department of Transportation approved an allocation of $60 million to the state of Maryland for the restoration of the collapsed bridge

.

Photo: Reuters.

(With information from RT)

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