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Mexican Navy Ship Went Backwards Before Brooklyn Bridge Crash: NTSB
- On May 17, 2025, the Mexican Navy training vessel Cuauhtémoc collided backward into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, killing two crew members and injuring 19 others.
- The crash occurred shortly after the ship left Manhattan's Pier 17 under docking pilot control while moving astern and accelerating to 5.9 knots before impact, though it is too early to determine pilot fault.
- The ship's three masts struck the bridge's underside causing serious mast damage and minor harm to a maintenance platform, but the bridge structure sustained no serious damage.
- The captain stated that the ship’s propulsion and steering equipment were functioning properly, all crew members involved in navigation tested negative for drugs and alcohol, and the rudder was bent and locked at a 90-degree angle toward the port side at the time of the collision.
- Federal and Mexican Navy investigations are ongoing, with the U.S. safety board's final report expected in 12 to 24 months and no definitive cause currently identified.
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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday issued a preliminary report on the incident of May 17, in which the Cuauhtémoc school ship impacted the Brooklyn Bridge during a plowing maneuver.
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Mexican navy ship went backwards before Brooklyn Bridge crash: NTSB
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The damage caused by the accident of the vessel Cuauhtémoc, which hit the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, on May 17, is over $500,000, according to a preliminary report by the United States authorities on the mishap, in which two cadets died.The National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) does not yet draw any conclusions about the causes in this report, but rather makes a collection of the data so far, the result of the ship's examination and interviews …
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