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Investigation into Baltimore accident is focusing on vessel's power system

The manufacturer of the power systems, Hyundai, is currently assisting the US authorities in obtaining data from the ship.
Shortly before the ship sailed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, the crew issued a distress signal reporting a power failure and lack of propulsion. Now authorities are focusing on the ship's power supply. | Photo: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
Shortly before the ship sailed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, the crew issued a distress signal reporting a power failure and lack of propulsion. Now authorities are focusing on the ship's power supply. | Photo: Kent Nishimura/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix
by LIV ALMER

The scope of the investigation into what really happened when the container ship Dali sailed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month, causing it to collapse, has been narrowed.

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