A ‘mass casualty’ event has been declared in Baltimore after the Francis Scott Key Bridge was struck by a container ship and collapsed into the Patapsco River.
As first responders are still searching for survivors, many are questioning how the bridge could have collapsed so quickly, having stood since 1977.
Speaking to MailOnline, engineers explained that while the bridge was not inherently unsafe, its ‘flimsy’ structure meant it was prone to collapse if the supports were damaged.
Julian Carter, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, told MailOnline that knocking out the support pillar had the same effect as a house of cards coming crashing down.
‘When you take away one of the supports you get a catastrophic failure because all those parts that are interconnected suddenly become overloaded,’ he said.
Deflection. General Flynn said this would happen. And so it starts. We’ll never know the truth anyway.
I am not a structural engineer but I have a little common sense. It collapsed because of gravity. Hundreds of tons of steel and concrete comes down quickly when you knock out whatever is holding it up.
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2 mins of ships black box missing
Biden before any investigations say Fed Gov will build back – not the ship owner
NOTHING to see sheeple, just another cover up