1:28:48 – The road at Key Bridge begins to collapse.
Here’s a timeline of the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday after it was struck by the Singapore-flagged container ship Dali. All times are EDT:
01:04 AM (0504 GMT). – A fully loaded container Dali departs from the Port of Baltimore, bound for Colombo, Sri Lanka.
01:24 AM – According to video captured by StreamTime Live, Dali slowly approaches the Key Bridge.
1:24:33 AM – There appears to be a complete power outage in Dali, with all the lights going out.
1:25:31 AM – About a minute later, the ship’s lights flash back on. Black smoke began to appear somewhere on the ship.
1:26:37 AM – The ship’s lights go out again.
1:27 AM – Dali appears to have collided with a pier of Key Bridge. The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of the collision.
1:27:10 AM – The ship’s lights come back on.
1:28:48 – The road at Key Bridge begins to collapse.
1:29:00 – Most of the bridge’s span has sunk into the water
1:40 a.m. – The Baltimore City Fire Department has dispatched rescue teams to the Patapsco River following reports of multiple people in the water.
1:50 a.m. – The first fire brigade arrives on scene.
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