Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the owner of the cargo ship Dali, two years after the vessel struck Baltimore's Key Bridge, causing its collapse and killing six people. Synergy Marine, the company that operated the ship, along with one of its employees, has been charged with conspiracy, obstruction and misconduct resulting in death, among other offences.
In the court filing, prosecutors say the Dali struck the bridge because the vessel lost power two times in a four-minute span. The first power outage, prosecutors say, was caused by a loose wire in a switchboard. They allege the second black out occurred because the crew was relying on a flushing pump to supply fuel to two of the ship's generators. Prosecutors said the vessel had not been approved to use a flushing pump for its generators, as the pump was not designed to automatically restart after a blackout.
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