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National Transportation Safety Board concludes: if MDTA had conducted the vulnerability assessment recommended by AASHTO in both 1991 + 2009, “MDTA would have known the risk and could have taken action to safeguard the Key Bridge … Had they done that, the collapse could have been prevented” (4/x)
March 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
National Transportation Safety Board concludes: if MDTA had conducted the vulnerability assessment recommended by AASHTO in both 1991 + 2009, “MDTA would have known the risk and could have taken action to safeguard the Key Bridge … Had they done that, the collapse could have been prevented” (4/x)
MORE from Chair Homendy of NTSB, which is issuing 4 urgent safety recommendations to bridge owners across 19 states, the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a result of its investigation into the March 2024 Baltimore bridge collapse (3/4)
March 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
MORE from Chair Homendy of NTSB, which is issuing 4 urgent safety recommendations to bridge owners across 19 states, the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a result of its investigation into the March 2024 Baltimore bridge collapse (3/4)
NTSB Chair Homendy: Bridge's risk was 30x greater than threshold set by AASHTO
"What's frustrating is not only did MDTA fail to conduct the vulnerability assessment on the Key Bridge, they did not provide - nor were they able to provide - NTSB with the data needed to conduct the assessment" (2/4)
"What's frustrating is not only did MDTA fail to conduct the vulnerability assessment on the Key Bridge, they did not provide - nor were they able to provide - NTSB with the data needed to conduct the assessment" (2/4)
March 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
NTSB Chair Homendy: Bridge's risk was 30x greater than threshold set by AASHTO
"What's frustrating is not only did MDTA fail to conduct the vulnerability assessment on the Key Bridge, they did not provide - nor were they able to provide - NTSB with the data needed to conduct the assessment" (2/4)
"What's frustrating is not only did MDTA fail to conduct the vulnerability assessment on the Key Bridge, they did not provide - nor were they able to provide - NTSB with the data needed to conduct the assessment" (2/4)