And Bruce Springsteen is given one of the most coveted awards in songwriting the fellowship of the ivor novello academy. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. Investigators in the us have recovered the Data Recorder from the ship that crashed into the baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse. These are the live pictures from the scene its foggy , but you can see part of the collapsed bridge. The cargo ship is under there with the tangled remain of the bridge over its bow. Its hoped the Data Recorder will throw light, onto why the Container Vessel lost power and crashed soon after leaving port. Six missing Construction Workers, who were on the bridge at the time, are now presumed dead. The disaster has forced the Indefinite Closure of baltimore port one of the busiest on americas, eastern seaboard. Said lets go live to our correspondent who is there at the scene. I assume there is still a sense of
Connections. Some details are starting to emerge with regards to that. The ship that was involved in the collision was registered to singapore. And singapores Maritime Port Authority has said it is involved in the investigation, it has dispatched some members from its organisation to help with the investigation in baltimore. The mpajust with the investigation in baltimore. The mpa just put out a statement talking about the ships Safety Record and says, the ship was flagged singapore from october 2016 and passed all the Safety Requirements at the time and based on records also passed the Safety Inspections injune and inspections in june and september of Inspections Injune and september of 2023, and it was due for another inspection in june 202a. We have also spoke to the company that provided the crew to the ship, they have confirmed that the two pilots that were also a board where us locals, whereas the rest of the crew were indians. Crew were indians. Thank you very much crew were ind
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. Investigators in the us have recovered the Data Recorder from the ship that crashed into the baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse. These are the live pictures from the scene its foggy , but you can see part of the collapsed bridge. You can just about see the cargo ship and here in a different shot, you can see that on the front of that cargo ship is still the tangled remained of the bridge over its bow. Its hoped the Data Recorder will throw light, onto why the Container Vessel lost power and crashed soon after leaving port. Six missing Construction Workers, who were on the bridge at the time, are now presumed dead. The disaster has forced the Indefinite Closure of baltimore port one of the busiest on americas, eastern seaboard. Our correspondent tom bateman is in baltimore. Absolutely, matthew, because more detail has been emerging over night about those
Business school. He gave us a sense of the impact of the port closure. The Port Of Baltimore is the largest Automobile Import Export Port and in the short term it will have a huge impact on the automobile industry. Could you elaborate on the ramifications . What will be the knock on effects . To start with, the Container Ship is already here and stuck and they cannot get it out. You cant get anything in, you have to reroute to other ports. The impact differs depending on different manufacturers. Bmw, for example, has not been affected because its terminal is on the ocean side of the port. So, bmw and volkswagen, then gm and ford are deeply impacted because they rely on the port for exporting the vehicles, so now they have to reroute to other ports on the east coast. Besides cars, will shipments of other goods also be affected . They could, although impact will be lesser because the Port Of Baltimore is a highly specialised port, its mainly used for handling automobiles and trucks and a
Airline ticket and was able to board a flight here in the u. S. And the search for that missing College Student taking a turn tonight. They have now shut down a dam. First, that urgent manhunt under way at this hour for an escaped inmate in idaho. Three Corrections Officers shot and wounded. The officers ambushed by a gunman who Authorities Say was helping the prisoner escape. Also, the images coming in right now from haiti. At least 30 americans choppered out of portauprince. Matt rivers on the ground there with the situation unfolding now. Here in the u. S. , the search intensifying for that missing College Student. Tonight, the new turn here. The search expanding beyond nashville. They have now shut down that dam, and we have late reporting. Tonight, the passenger who took a photo of another Passengers Airline ticket and was able to board a flight with it, trying to hide in the airplane restroom. The new storm from minnesota, all the way east. And the snow and then heavy rain up and