Baltimore divers recover ‘Black Box’ data recorder from Dali ship that smashed into & collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge
DIVERS have recovered the Black Box-style data recorder from the cargo ship that destroyed the Baltimore bridge.
US investigators will probe the data as they desperately try to piece together what happened to the vessel.
Investigators from the US National Transportation Safety Board boarded the ship which remains wedged beneath the wreckage.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said they will examine whether dirty fuel led to the ship's catastrophic power loss.
Dali - a 95,000-tonne container ship - was left out of control drifting in the Patapsco River in the earlier hours of Tuesday.
She then ploughed into one of the struts of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.
The steel structure was then sent plunging into the bone-chilling 8c river.
Within seconds the iconic bridge was gone, taking with at least eight construction workers.
Cops managed to close the bridge at the last second and prevented any other cars from driving onto the falling span.
Two workmen were rescued from the water, and the six others are missing and presumed dead.
The bridge collapse is expected to cause carnage for trade - but US President Joe Biden has vowed to rebuild the structure.
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