Ferries won't run in East River due to crashed Mexican ship repairs
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – The East River will be shut down to all marine traffic, including ferries, on Friday to make repairs to the Mexican Navy ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge three weeks ago.
The Cuauhtémoc is headed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard as part of a multi-agency effort to move the vessel. The 300-foot-long ship, with 277 sailors on board, careened into the bridge after taking off from a dock on May 17.
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Two sailors, ages 20 and 23, were killed and 19 others were injured, according to authorities. Three of the ship's masts snapped.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the ship initially sped up in the five minutes it took for it to strike the bridge after pushing off from shore with the help of a tugboat.
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The agency is expected to reveal more findings within the week after inspecting the vessel's engine, recovering any data recorders and speaking with crew members.
The ship left Acapulco, Mexico on April 6 for a goodwill tour that was meant to continue to Iceland.
Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
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