Key Bridge collapse minute-by-minute: Recordings, reports fill in timeline of Baltimore disaster
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1:27:04: The pilot orders the Dali to drop an anchor and issues steering commands. Cars and trucks continue to travel on the roadway.
1:27:05 a.m. to 1:29 a.m.: The pilot issues a mayday alert to the Coast Guard. Maryland Transportation Authority Police stop bridge traffic in both directions. A handful of vehicles cross the bridge as the Dali closes in on the bridge’s western steel support column.
“Hold all traffic on the Key Bridge. There’s a ship approaching that just lost their steering,” a dispatcher says.
1:27:53 a.m.
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An officer asks whether a construction crew is working on the bridge.
“Just make sure no one’s on the bridge right now. I’m not sure what — there’s a crew up there. You might want to notify whoever the foreman is, see if we can get them off the bridge temporarily,” a dispatcher responds.
1:28:25 a.m.
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A half minute later, an officer says he’ll grab the construction workers when backup arrives.
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