Error. When the tanker hit the tower, fog was thick and visibility a quarter mile. This is a scrape, for the bay bridge. Didnt touch the actual structure itself. Reporter no oil leaked but some damage is shown to the star board or right side to have double hulled tanker. Not a gash whatsoever, i would characterize a crushing of the hull, where it collided with the friend everring system. Reporter that fender fenderring system,. Reporter that fender acts as a buffer. The frienders protected the bridge five years ago when a ship slammed into another tower spinning more than 53,000 gallons spilling more than 53,000gallons of oil into the bay. The pilot went to prison for allowing the tanker to leave in such extreme fog the bow could not be seen approximate the bridge. Todays bar pilot is one who is experienced with no incidents in the seven years he has worked here in the bay. He did pass his alcohol test they are awaiting results from drug testing. What will happen to the tanker . Report
The theories about what went wrong. And what we about the man at t an oil tankers sideswipes the bay bridge. Theories about what went wrong and what weve learned about the man at the helm. I am ken bastida. I am elizabeth cook. It was headed out to seas when it hit echo tower the tower west of yerba buena island. Linda yee is on Treasure Island. A lot of us remember a few years ago and the environmental nightmare it was but this tanker was empty. Reporter yes, it was. It had just unloaded its cargo of fuel in martinez and then moved into the waters south of the bay bridge where it anchored awaiting any new orders of cargo it may have to load. None came so the ship left this morning and the tanker hit the bridge. Preliminary findings are human error. When the tanker hit the tower, fog was thick and visibility a quarter mile. This is a scrape, for the bay bridge. Didnt touch the actual structure itself. Reporter no oil leaked but some damage is shown to the star board or right side to ha
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