I came over from “What’s Happening in Shipping” as well. Enjoying commentary and level of detail. But more than that, I was raised in Athens so it’s great to hear a Georgia accent! Thank you!
Captain Andy you’re doing an incredible job covering all of this. I’m amazed by the clarity of video that you’re able to get from 1.5 miles away. Your pictures and video are stunning. I’ve been following from the very beginning and have gone back and watched your Golden Ray work and find this very impressive. Nice work and thank you.
Now this is one great view. The amount of debris that this explosion generated is pretty insane and I love the angle of your camera setup. This was an amazing thing to see and I'd like to thank you for all your work in covering the salvage operation and this. I intend to keep up with whatever you're covering.
Thank you for the amazing coverage of the demolition of the bridge structure that was on the ship. The freeze frames and slow motion of the detonation showing the debris field was great.
Great footage and detail of the actual blast, plus loads of actual information throughout the weeks you've covered the provess - thank you! I think most of the visible debris is pieces of the "wrap" that was covering the charges - they seem to be blown around by the wind, so unlikely to be steel from the bridge.....
THAT was a great catch of the charges going off. This is the first time EVER that Controlled Demolition Inc. used controlled demolition to get rid of something. However, we no longer call it controlled demolition, but instead "precision cutting techniques." 🤣 Much love from Baltimore
You are getting some great pictures and videos.. You are the only reporter I fully trust. It is being reported on other channels that the bow section of the Dali was deliberately flooded to hold it down. I know you stated that was a possibility, but you didn't state it as an actual fact. Also some TH-cam channels are reporting that the Unfied command is saying they are going to attempt to move the ship without first removing the heavy debris from the bow. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It just makes handling the movement of the enormous ship more difficult. They last thing you want is a large piece of heavy debris falling on to a tug boat that's pushing the Dali around.
@MinorcanMullet , I'm here to watch the progress, and how they are going about it. Obviously the people operating the heavy equipment have significant experience, which you have pointed out many times. I feel you are the most consistent reporter providing significant detail. This goes back to your reporting on the Golden Ray which as very detailed on an almost daily basis. Nobody else was covering it as well. Now we have Dr. Sal reporting regularly too, but he's actually relying on you for some of his material. I think he provides more of an overview of marine shipping and port operation in general, along with the operation of these very large ships. He actually worked on them and is knowledgeable about the maritime industry as a whole.
nice coverage Captain Andy, i'm guessing most of the debris was the rubber matting used to dampen the outgoing blast, it did a great job, but even if its just rubber, you don't want to be near it, it can ruin your day, i was surprised normally with such charges, wire fencing is used to prevent debris escaping to far i did gather from a CNN report, the top man, think he was the Army Engineer said the Dali had its forward ballast tanks flooded to keep the vessel down during the blast, this would ensure she stayed in place during the blast and prevent her bobbing up and down, i guess with the remaining debris (especially the remains of concrete pier) on top of the bow, she might be a little unstable, so the next few days of clearance will be very interesting to see what they do - some great planning there i think credit to all concerned in this operation, i know we Brits generally laugh at Americans, coz you just love to blow stuff up, hehe, but i also think credit to the ship builders of Dali, she is definitely a strong vessel having taken such a horrific blow and i wish her future travels around the globe will be a breeze after this nasty affair
Came to your channel because of another channel "jeffostroff" highly recommended you... and he couldn't have been more right! Fantastic coverage! And from a mile and a half away! I tuned in during the live chat that you were trying to do, but there were problems with that until you killed it and went back to the standard coverage. During the live chat, there was somebody in the background talking and I think the world got a proper introduction to Dundalk (a part of Baltimore). All of Maryland knows this accent and there have been numerous sayings that we use that reference Dundalk. At one point you said... "we are live... maybe a little more live than I want to be...", I absolutely lost it! I don't want to joke about another mans hardships... but by many of the comments, he was keeping a lot of us entertained. I would however like to see how he spells "boat"... because his annunciation sounds like "baooout". I'm sorry my man for poking fun at you... it was a cheap shot. But it's all in good fun. I hope you get whatever is going on in your life straightened up. But my compliments again to you Capt. for an outstanding job. I subbed so I can watch more of your work, from the north end of the Chesapeake on the Sassafras River. Perhaps we'll "see yous dooown the shore hun!" (a "Maryland" saying). Stay safe!
Thanks Minorcan, for stopping the frame on the fireball, that was interesting. as I saw this video, I payed attention to the crew at the bridge of Dali, as they were also waiting for it to happen, also I couldn't tell if there were any Press members on the Dali Bridge getting footage of this special moment. Terry
I'm not an explosives expert - but most of the flying debris was more than likely the black wrapping used around the areas where the charges were placed.
Great Video. It Shows How Big The Blast Really Was. The Steel Debris Went Very High. Also The Fire Plume At The Ship's Bow! I'm Thinking Some Steel Penetrated The Hull!!!
Watching on a Huge Monitor and with TH-cam Frame advance You can see quite the Detail. All that black stuff in the Air was the covering over the Charges. Thanks Much
At 7:51 just before the general detonation there is a small horizontal flash just below the deck line under the missing front row of containers. Was that the initiation event? Did they use detonation cord?
Thanks for the play by play over time. In the past when I've done videos that I know will be sped up or slowed down, I used an analog clock, with a second hand, in the frame to easily see the passage of time. Don't know if something like that is possible in your set up, but it would make count down and such a lot easier for you. 'preciate all your efforts on our behalf.
The early NTSB accident report, on this Baltimore bridge accident, is helpful and interesting over what lead to the container ship hitting the bridge and causing the bridge collapse too. It seems multiple circuit breakers, went off line for some reason, not once but twice within a few seconds or minutes of each other. Which cut power to engine pumps and rudder systems, which lead to the ship engine automatically shutting down too. So the bridge crew had no control over steering or propulsion too, so the container ship hit the bridge basically.
Excellent, thanks! Referred here by Sal M., in yesterday's episode, where he showed your video of the detonation. Apparently it's not the original audio, as the sound is at the same time as the image, and cuts out right away as you resume narration. I'd love to hear the whole explosion, as it sounded from your vantage point, having read and heard some comments as to how much more intense it was than expected.
This kind of reminds me of controlled demolition in mining. If you slow those charges down on video, you can see the flashes as they create holes and then guide rock into the holes. A friend of mine is an explosives chemist, and the company they work for builds wireless detonation systems where the detonators are all connected via fibre optic cable.
If you looked closely at pre-det. photography? Magnetic sheets were covering the explosives. Holding the charges in place until they popped! I have seen and heard explosions! That was a pop! Decent report! Pretty loud! The plastic is your debris. Used to hang around the U S Naval Surface Weapons Center! Dahlgren Va. On the water as well as on land. Fun place. Heard the rail gun fire! Look that one up! The gun uses no powder!
Thanks, Captain Andy, for doing this...that shot of the fireballs at the beginning of the blast was awesome... I am curious...what was the "controversy" surrounding you on the day of the blast involving the tenants of the property? Was the owner upset? Maybe it's worth its own video to explain? I don't imagine you or the tenants were doing anything wrong...they have the right to have guests and invited you to set up there...the owner is probably just sore because he didn't make a few bucks off of it...
You did a fantastic job of showing us the progress of clearing the debris from the scene. I still think these guys were stupid. They didn't use common sense when placing the charges. They should have had the entire structure rigged top to very bottom including the inner rails and the part that was on the ship ,not just select points. Otherwise the entire structure would have been blown to pieces and off the ship. Smaller pieces would obviously sink to the bottom of the river which is fine. It wouldn't need to be pulled out.
Andy, exactly how far away was your camera staged? Presuming you were there with the camera obviously, did you feel the blast? I ask because I got to witness the demolition of a large hotel on Clearwater Beach in Florida. Granted the demolition blast of the truss was tiny compared to the hotel demolition. We were able to view from just under 1k yards at 2700’ on our fishing pier, and I remember I could feel the blast from the different detonations, it went in about 4 or 5 timed stages. Impressive to say the least.
It looks like there are still huge parts of the structure on the ship. Yet the idea was to blow it up and get it off the ship. Am I looking at this wrong?
Is someone documenting the removal of debris after the controlled detonation of the bridge? I was hoping someone would document the removal of debris prior to refloating and removing that Dali from the Channel.
Truly remarkable video work. Thank you for the freeze frames showing the jets of molten metal to the sides of the struts. Thanks, Cap'n.
Thank you very much!
The visible details here are amazing and the impact of the sound wave was impressive! Thank you Captain 👍
Great video. Thank you very much for that. It was an amazing shot there. God Bless you.
Thanks again for all you are doing to share with us.
Our pleasure!
Absolutely amazing and the best view! Thank you!
Thank you too!
Waited all day to see the next phase…
Waited all day for next live stream
Amazing footage Andy. The details in the 4k are incredible.
It really is!
Excellent. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I came over from “What’s Happening in Shipping” as well. Enjoying commentary and level of detail. But more than that, I was raised in Athens so it’s great to hear a Georgia accent! Thank you!
Welcome aboard!
Amazing what you can see when it's slowed down! Awesome! Thank you!!!
Very welcome
Absolutely amazing video! Great job Captain!
Thanks a ton!
This was so amazing and crazy Andy and you be safe out there, thank you
Thanks, you too!
*Shaped Charges* are pushing *Jets* of *Molten Copper* through the steel at very high speed. It is fascinating. Thanks for the videos
Thanks for the info!
Captain Andy you’re doing an incredible job covering all of this. I’m amazed by the clarity of video that you’re able to get from 1.5 miles away. Your pictures and video are stunning. I’ve been following from the very beginning and have gone back and watched your Golden Ray work and find this very impressive. Nice work and thank you.
Much appreciated!
Now this is one great view. The amount of debris that this explosion generated is pretty insane and I love the angle of your camera setup. This was an amazing thing to see and I'd like to thank you for all your work in covering the salvage operation and this. I intend to keep up with whatever you're covering.
Amazing much better then what we seen yesterday was so cool
Hey Andy & Crew !!! Thanks again for your time & energy to bring the viewers the updates on this "DISASTER"" !!! 🙂🤔🙄👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you Captain Andy! You had the best shot of it of everyone!!!❤
This was really awesome 🥰 Thank you Captain Andy 🥰 Be safe and God Bless and Gods Speed 🙏
Thanks for being there. - Todd in Rochester, New York
You bet!
I watched what happen in shipping and he mention the good job Captain Jack is doing there in Baltimore. Great job I have watched some everyday!
Great camera work, the video comes through so clearly, the clarity is amazing!
Great work captain Andy!
Keep safe too!
Until next time!
👍😉👍😉
Thanks, will do!
Hey Captain Andy, great camera shots...
Hey, thanks
Very impressive to see all these details so clearly! Awesome video Andy! Loved the still shot with all the bright explosions 🎇. Very cool 👍🏻😃
Very good video Captain Andy.
Thanks for that!
Great stuff, Andy.
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Thanks for that!
Thank you for the amazing coverage of the demolition of the bridge structure that was on the ship. The freeze frames and slow motion of the detonation showing the debris field was great.
Thanks!
Thank you!!!,
Amazing footage! Thank you for your excellent coverage over all these weeks.
Thank you too!
Great footage and detail of the actual blast, plus loads of actual information throughout the weeks you've covered the provess - thank you!
I think most of the visible debris is pieces of the "wrap" that was covering the charges - they seem to be blown around by the wind, so unlikely to be steel from the bridge.....
Much appreciated!
Nice work Captain Andy and your crew!! The clarity of image from the high-def camera is really amazing. Thanks for sharing it!
I’ve looked at every angle I could find. Yours/this one by far is the best one that exists. Thank you!✌🏻❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🌎
Wow, thank you!
Thank you for the amazing footage. I will look forward to your future videos.
Tat was amazing So clear and sharp in 4K. Thanks so much Captain , hope you're back soon safely
Cpt. Andy, thanks for your life stream and for this video. Well done, carry on.
The "debris" seen after the detonation are pieces of the wrap used to encapsulate the explosive charge locations on the truss.
WOW awesome coverage. Thanks ❤️
Our pleasure!
Amazing footage. Thanks Andy.
Many thanks!
From the POV of Ft Smallwood, some of that debris flew up to what looked like 3x the height of the Dali!
Brilliant love the slow mo👍👍👍
Super job Andy! Fantastic video! Best video I seen yet! Thks
Only safe way to cut steel on bow was shaped blasting charges.😮 Great videos of salvage operations!
THAT was a great catch of the charges going off.
This is the first time EVER that Controlled Demolition Inc. used controlled demolition to get rid of something. However, we no longer call it controlled demolition, but instead "precision cutting techniques." 🤣
Much love from Baltimore
Thanks for the great coverage. To go frame by frame on YT use the , to move back a frame at a time and . to move forward.
Great tip!
Andy, watched this on my Samsung 80" dude, awesome !! And yes, the splash when that girder hit the water was tremendous 😎
Oh man, you really did save the best for last Andy. Looking forward to seeing what they do next.
You and me both!
Thank you for your description of everything that happened! Spot on!
Thanks for watching!
Another into the "saves" playlist.
👍🤠
You are getting some great pictures and videos.. You are the only reporter I fully trust. It is being reported on other channels that the bow section of the Dali was deliberately flooded to hold it down. I know you stated that was a possibility, but you didn't state it as an actual fact. Also some TH-cam channels are reporting that the Unfied command is saying they are going to attempt to move the ship without first removing the heavy debris from the bow. That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It just makes handling the movement of the enormous ship more difficult. They last thing you want is a large piece of heavy debris falling on to a tug boat that's pushing the Dali around.
@MinorcanMullet , I'm here to watch the progress, and how they are going about it. Obviously the people operating the heavy equipment have significant experience, which you have pointed out many times. I feel you are the most consistent reporter providing significant detail. This goes back to your reporting on the Golden Ray which as very detailed on an almost daily basis. Nobody else was covering it as well. Now we have Dr. Sal reporting regularly too, but he's actually relying on you for some of his material. I think he provides more of an overview of marine shipping and port operation in general, along with the operation of these very large ships. He actually worked on them and is knowledgeable about the maritime industry as a whole.
Doc does an amazing job covering the shipping industry.
love the 4K!
Great job. Thank you for all your great work❤
nice coverage Captain Andy, i'm guessing most of the debris was the rubber matting used to dampen the outgoing blast, it did a great job, but even if its just rubber, you don't want to be near it, it can ruin your day, i was surprised normally with such charges, wire fencing is used to prevent debris escaping to far
i did gather from a CNN report, the top man, think he was the Army Engineer said the Dali had its forward ballast tanks flooded to keep the vessel down during the blast, this would ensure she stayed in place during the blast and prevent her bobbing up and down, i guess with the remaining debris (especially the remains of concrete pier) on top of the bow, she might be a little unstable, so the next few days of clearance will be very interesting to see what they do - some great planning there
i think credit to all concerned in this operation, i know we Brits generally laugh at Americans, coz you just love to blow stuff up, hehe, but i also think credit to the ship builders of Dali, she is definitely a strong vessel having taken such a horrific blow and i wish her future travels around the globe will be a breeze after this nasty affair
Came to your channel because of another channel "jeffostroff" highly recommended you... and he couldn't have been more right! Fantastic coverage! And from a mile and a half away! I tuned in during the live chat that you were trying to do, but there were problems with that until you killed it and went back to the standard coverage. During the live chat, there was somebody in the background talking and I think the world got a proper introduction to Dundalk (a part of Baltimore). All of Maryland knows this accent and there have been numerous sayings that we use that reference Dundalk. At one point you said... "we are live... maybe a little more live than I want to be...", I absolutely lost it! I don't want to joke about another mans hardships... but by many of the comments, he was keeping a lot of us entertained. I would however like to see how he spells "boat"... because his annunciation sounds like "baooout". I'm sorry my man for poking fun at you... it was a cheap shot. But it's all in good fun. I hope you get whatever is going on in your life straightened up. But my compliments again to you Capt. for an outstanding job. I subbed so I can watch more of your work, from the north end of the Chesapeake on the Sassafras River. Perhaps we'll "see yous dooown the shore hun!" (a "Maryland" saying). Stay safe!
It gets dull if it's not a challenge!!! I thank you for the kind words and we are all pulling for Rob and Robin!!! Thanks for coming aboard!
Thanks Minorcan, for stopping the frame on the fireball, that was interesting. as I saw this video, I payed attention to the crew at the bridge of Dali, as they were also waiting for it to happen, also I couldn't tell if there were any Press members on the Dali Bridge getting footage of this special moment. Terry
My pleasure!
FANTASTIC 👍
Thanks 🤗
Awesome
I’m referred from What’s Happening in Shipping, too. Great looking channel! I’m subscribed.
Thanks for the sub!
Fantastic capture Andy, I'm back onto night trawling back over here now.
Amazing camera work!
Thanks a lot!
I'm not an explosives expert - but most of the flying debris was more than likely the black wrapping used around the areas where the charges were placed.
Great Video. It Shows How Big The Blast Really Was. The Steel Debris Went Very High. Also The Fire Plume At The Ship's Bow! I'm Thinking Some Steel Penetrated The Hull!!!
Go to 7:50 if you want to see the detonation and collapse sequence of the Key Bridge truss again.
Great job Andy
Thanks 👍
Watching on a Huge Monitor and with TH-cam Frame advance You can see quite the Detail.
All that black stuff in the Air was the covering over the Charges.
Thanks Much
It appears that the demolition dropped the lowest part of the truss and ricochet the upper part away from the ship. Great moves!
Great view of the blast. Will be interested in how they deal with the girders still on the bow. Thanks Capt. Andy!
You bet
The shaped charge is RDX a Military explosive,When detonated travels at 27,400 feet per second.
Awesome job Andy.
At 7:51 just before the general detonation there is a small horizontal flash just below the deck line under the missing front row of containers. Was that the initiation event? Did they use detonation cord?
I don't know how the work was set up
Thanks for the play by play over time. In the past when I've done videos that I know will be sped up or slowed down, I used an analog clock, with a second hand, in the frame to easily see the passage of time. Don't know if something like that is possible in your set up, but it would make count down and such a lot easier for you. 'preciate all your efforts on our behalf.
Chessie made off with a piece yesterday 5/15/24. pieces of old conveyor belt are often used as as shields.
I think you mean 5/14 Tuesday, just after 5 pm.
Awesome video!
Thanks!
thanks again Andy. caroline in uk.
Very welcome
It was fascinating to watch your live feed. One annoying part was that guy talking about his rental problems.
The early NTSB accident report, on this Baltimore bridge accident, is helpful and interesting over what lead to the container ship hitting the bridge and causing the bridge collapse too.
It seems multiple circuit breakers, went off line for some reason, not once but twice within a few seconds or minutes of each other.
Which cut power to engine pumps and rudder systems, which lead to the ship engine automatically shutting down too.
So the bridge crew had no control over steering or propulsion too, so the container ship hit the bridge basically.
Awesome! See you soon brother! This is my Foodie Channel Tastee Traveler.
Amazing blast footage
Excellent, thanks! Referred here by Sal M., in yesterday's episode, where he showed your video of the detonation. Apparently it's not the original audio, as the sound is at the same time as the image, and cuts out right away as you resume narration. I'd love to hear the whole explosion, as it sounded from your vantage point, having read and heard some comments as to how much more intense it was than expected.
Yes. There was a delay.
....and the little puffs of smoke they promised... It was a huge cloud of Lead.
Excellent work. Keep it up 💪🤙
This kind of reminds me of controlled demolition in mining. If you slow those charges down on video, you can see the flashes as they create holes and then guide rock into the holes. A friend of mine is an explosives chemist, and the company they work for builds wireless detonation systems where the detonators are all connected via fibre optic cable.
Great. Thanks.
You're welcome!
I was hoping to see the draft lighten but it does not seem to change much, stuck in the mud or forward tanks/voids flooded ?
Tanks were flooded forward to pin her down
@@MinorcanMullet thank you for that. Makes the job a teeny bit safer
@@MinorcanMullet Thanks for confirming.
Good job Captain.
Thank you for the great video.
I don't think the Dali was raised any by the blast. Gus was on site today and got 1 piece I saw.
They loaded many xtra tons of ballast to keep the ship from moving as the blasts unloaded all that steel.
Oh wow!
looks good, thank you!
If you looked closely at pre-det. photography? Magnetic sheets were covering the explosives. Holding the charges in place until they popped! I have seen and heard explosions! That was a pop! Decent report! Pretty loud! The plastic is your debris. Used to hang around the U S Naval Surface Weapons Center! Dahlgren Va. On the water as well as on land. Fun place. Heard the rail gun fire! Look that one up! The gun uses no powder!
any info on what authorities have been able to pull from crew interviews/interrogations? … great vid ❤
No. Those interviews will be noted in the final report
Looks like a lot of bridge debris stayed on the Dali. Lot of work to be done to refloat, she's still on the bottom.
Thanks, Captain Andy, for doing this...that shot of the fireballs at the beginning of the blast was awesome...
I am curious...what was the "controversy" surrounding you on the day of the blast involving the tenants of the property? Was the owner upset? Maybe it's worth its own video to explain? I don't imagine you or the tenants were doing anything wrong...they have the right to have guests and invited you to set up there...the owner is probably just sore because he didn't make a few bucks off of it...
Nothing to do with me. Just unfortunate circumstances. Trying to help them as much as I can.
You did a fantastic job of showing us the progress of clearing the debris from the scene. I still think these guys were stupid. They didn't use common sense when placing the charges. They should have had the entire structure rigged top to very bottom including the inner rails and the part that was on the ship ,not just select points. Otherwise the entire structure would have been blown to pieces and off the ship. Smaller pieces would obviously sink to the bottom of the river which is fine. It wouldn't need to be pulled out.
Andy, exactly how far away was your camera staged? Presuming you were there with the camera obviously, did you feel the blast?
I ask because I got to witness the demolition of a large hotel on Clearwater Beach in Florida. Granted the demolition blast of the truss was tiny compared to the hotel demolition. We were able to view from just under 1k yards at 2700’ on our fishing pier, and I remember I could feel the blast from the different detonations, it went in about 4 or 5 timed stages. Impressive to say the least.
About 1.5 miles away.
@@MinorcanMullet wow!
Andy did you notice the charges on the remaining truss section did not ignite?
I looked and couldn't see anything. I'm sure a larger monitor would be helpful
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Are we going to see any more action with Gus grabbing sunken steel, or are we just going to see re-runs of the explosion?
It looks like there are still huge parts of the structure on the ship. Yet the idea was to blow it up and get it off the ship. Am I looking at this wrong?
No I don't think so. Maybe things didn't go as well as planned?
Can the Dali be moved now or is their still bridge debris on the side of the boat?
Looks like some removal will be necessary before the ship can move.
Is someone documenting the removal of debris after the controlled detonation of the bridge? I was hoping someone would document the removal of debris prior to refloating and removing that Dali from the Channel.
Once she's afloat and moved to where she can be unloaded, will y'all be singing "Hello, Dali, it's so nice to have you back where you belong"?