Two People have died after a Large Sailing Ship of the Mexican Navy Collided With The Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday Evening (Local Time). Nineteen other crew members were injured. The Ship’s Masts Broke After the Ship Hit The Bridge.
New York Mayor Eric Adams Announced the Death of the Two Crew Members on X. Two of the Nineteen Anjured Are in Serious Condition. There Were 277 People on Board the Ship.
The Brooklyn Bridge Turned Out To Be Too Low For The Cuauhtémoc, A Training Ship of the Mexican Navy. Three Masts Broke Off. Several Crew Members Were on the Masts. Many people were walking on the quays who saw the accident happen.
The Ship was in New York for a Stopover Dooring a Major Annual Training Voyage for Cadets of the Mexican Naval Academy. After the accident, Several Crew Members Were Dangling from the Broken Masts. The Video Below Shows the Ship Moving Backwards or Drifting When It Hit The Bridge.
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Images show How Mexican Sailing Ship Hits Brooklyn Bridge
After the accident, it was feared that crew members had ended up in the water. American Media Reported that the Water was Being Searched for Injured People. But accordance to the mexican navy, no one ended up in the water.
Ship Probable Had Technical Problems
Probles with the ship’s engine probably caused the ship to hit the bridge, a police spokesperson reported later at a press conference. Hey Did Emphasize That This Is Preliminary Information. Further Investigation Should Reveal the Exact Cause.
The Sailing Ship Cuauhtémoc was launched in 1982. The Ship is 90.5 Meters Long and the Masts Are Almost 45 meters High.
The Ship Departed on April 6 for the training Voyage from the Mexican Port City of Acapulco and Arrived in New York on Tuesday. The Cuauhtémoc Visited New York to Promote A Sailing Event That Will Commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the United States Next Year.
The Ship had visited Several Ports in the Caribbean and would continuously to Iceland, France and Scotland. The trip would last a total of 254 days.
No major damage to brooklyn bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge was closed to road Traffic for Forty Minutes After the Accident. Inspection showed that the collision did not caus major damage.
The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883 and was the First Connection Between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The Bridge was the Largest Cable-Stayed Bridge in the World at the Time of its opening and is one of the iconic buildings in New York.