01-07-2025
Mexican Navy ship inexplicably went backwards then picked up speed before hitting Brooklyn Bridge: officials
The Mexican Navy Tall Ship that smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May was inexplicably sailing backwards — and picked up speed — before the fatal collision, according to officials.
The preliminary NTSB report released Monday leaves more questions than answers on the crash that killed two crewmembers and left 19 other people injured, including why the docking pilot's orders to stop the boat didn't have any effect.
Sailors sit on the masts of the Cuauhtemoc after the it hit the Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, 2025.
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A tugboat was trying to assist the fated Cuauhtémoc, which had hundreds of Mexican naval cadets on boat, when the crew seemingly lost control of the vessel.
'Starting at 8:42 p.m., the upper sections of all three masts of the Cuauhtémoc contacted the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge, one by one,' the report states.
