Brooklyn Bridge strike: NTSB sends ‘go-team’ to probe Mexican navy ship crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) introduced on Sunday that it launched a “Go-Crew” to the Brooklyn Bridge after a crusing ship of the Mexican Navy was crashing in opposition to the New York Metropolis monument and killed a minimum of two folks on board.

The US authorities company in control of investigating giant transport accidents didn’t initially provide extra details about the “Go-Crew” that Saturday for Saturday’s bribe, however stated that updates would observe quickly.

Mayor of New York Metropolis, Eric Adams, whose final replace in regards to the crash got here round midnight, stated that the Mexican Navy Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc “misplaced energy and crashed within the Brooklyn Bridge.”

“In the meanwhile, of the 277 on board, 19 lesions have been sustained, 2 of which keep in crucial situation, and a couple of extra sadly died of their accidents,” the mayor wrote at X at 12:18 pm

No less than 2 useless after the crusing ship of the Mexican navy collision with Brooklyn Bridge in dramatic NYC -Crash

A view of the Mexican navy ship that’s offered by the authorities after it got here throughout the Brooklyn Bridge on Could 18, 2025. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu by way of Getty pictures)

At the moment, Adams stated {that a} preliminary investigation demonstrated that the bridge was “not injury” and that the monument “is now open to the general public.”

“We pray for everybody on board and their households and are grateful to our first responds who shortly got here into motion, making this accident not a lot worse,” he wrote originally of Sunday.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated she regretted the demise of two crew members who “misplaced their lives within the unlucky accident within the port of New York.”

“Our solidarity and help go to their households,” she wrote at X. “The secretariat of the Navy, with the help of the native authorities, is the injured. The ambassador of Mexico in the USA and employees of the consulate basic of Mexico in New York helps the Secretariat of the Navy.”

She additionally thanked Adams for his help.

The Mexican navy stated on Saturday that the ship was an Academy Coaching Vessell. The incident occurred in the course of the “departure maneuver” throughout an instruction cruise entitled “Bicentennial of the Consolidation of Independence at Sea.”

The reason for the collision continues to be investigated. The ship would go away New York Metropolis on the best way to Iceland on the time of the crash.

The coaching ship of the Mexican navy that hit the Brooklyn Bridge is moored in Decrease Manhattan on Could 18, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Ana Fernandez/AFP by way of Getty pictures)

In a scene recorded in a number of eyewitness movies, the ship – which flew with a big Mexican flag – can shortly be seen touring in the other way to the bridge close to the Brooklyn facet of the East River. Then the three masts hit the span of the bridge and broke them one after the other whereas the ship continued to maneuver. Movies confirmed heavy visitors on the spanning width on the time of the 20:20 hour collision. Nobody on the bridge was wounded.

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Sailors could possibly be seen up within the rigging on the broken masts, however remarkably sufficient no one fell into the water, officers stated.

The Cuauhtémoc – in accordance with the Mexican navy – about 297 toes lengthy and 40 toes large – sailed for the primary time in 1982. The headmast of the ship has a top of 160 toes, in accordance with the Mexican authorities. Yearly the Cuauhtémoc tells on the finish of the teachings on the Naval Navy College to finish the coaching of Cadets. This yr it left the Mexican port of Acapulco on the Pacific coast on April 6, in accordance with the Mexican navy.

It arrived in New York Metropolis on 13 Could, when guests have been welcome for a number of days, stated the Mexican consulate. The ship was deliberate to go to 22 ports in 15 nations for 254 days, 170 of them at sea.

The crusing ship of the Mexican navy that crashed on the Brooklyn Bridge is moored in Decrease Manhattan on Could 18, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Spencer Platt/Getty pictures)

It was unclear what made the ship off the course. New York Police Division Particular Operations Chief Wilson Arboles stated that the ship had simply left a Manhattan pier and was alleged to have gone to the ocean, to not the bridge.

He stated {that a} first report was that the ship’s pilot had misplaced energy on account of a mechanical drawback, though officers warned that data was in the intervening time. Movies present a tugboat that was near the Cuauhtémoc on the time of the crash.

The Brooklyn Bridge, which was opened in 1883, has a predominant span of just about 1600 toes supported by two brickwork work towers. Based on the transport division of town, greater than 100,000 autos and an estimated 32,000 pedestrians cross every single day. The walkway is a crucial vacationer attraction.

The visitors was stopped after the collision, however was allowed to renew after an inspection, stated metropolis officers.

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When Midnight approached, the damaged boat was slowly moved the East River, beneath and alongside the Manhattan bridge, helped by a collection of tugboats, earlier than hiding on a pier.

The Related Press has contributed to this report.