UPDATED: Dali pilot called for tugs minutes before catastrophic allision
Preliminary data from the ship’s voyage data recorder reveals the chain of events leading up to the fatal incident
The US National Transportation Safety Board has retrieved preliminary data from Dali’s voyage data recorder. It showed that a pilot on board the boxship called for tugs just over two minutes before it hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge. A little less than a minute later, he radioed that Dali had lost all power and was approaching the bridge