Comment by a2tech
If you watch the video you can see tugs moving the boat. Current speculation is that the tugs/harbor captain messed up and the ship got away from them in the tide and drifted backwards into the bridge.
If you watch the video you can see tugs moving the boat. Current speculation is that the tugs/harbor captain messed up and the ship got away from them in the tide and drifted backwards into the bridge.
Tugs were nearby; one had helped it back away from the pier it had been docked at, but none were hooked up at the time of the collision.
Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University - saw indications that the ship's engine may have been stuck in reverse.
See video edited from his livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2p9bYfFhHE