The FBI has initiated a criminal inquiry into the colossal container ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month. On Monday morning, federal agents executed search warrants, boarding the 985-foot Dali, which lost power while departing from the Port of Baltimore and collided with one of the bridge’s support pillars on March 26. The Baltimore FBI later confirmed that agents were conducting “court-authorized law enforcement activity” on board the ship flagged from Singapore.
In part, the investigation will examine whether the ship’s crew departed the port despite knowing about serious system issues, as disclosed by two U.S. officials familiar with the matter to the Washington Post. According to one of the officials, federal authorities are reexamining the events surrounding the incident, gathering physical evidence and data from inside the…
