Ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse has been refloated, is moving

BALTIMORE -- The instrumentality vessel that caused the deadly illness of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge was refloated Monday and has begun moving backmost to port.

The Dali has remained astatine the illness tract since it mislaid powerfulness and crashed into 1 of the bridge's supporting columns connected March 26, sidesplitting six operation workers and snarling postulation into Baltimore Harbor.

Monday morning's precocious tide was expected to bring the champion conditions for crews to refloat and commencement moving the ship, according to a connection from the Key Bridge Response Unified Command.

Several tugboats were escorting the Dali connected its 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) way to the marine terminal. The enactment is expected to past astatine slightest 21 hours.

Crews conducted a controlled demolition connected May 13 to interruption down the largest remaining span of the collapsed bridge.

The Dali experienced 4 electrical blackouts wrong astir 10 hours earlier leaving the Port of Baltimore for Sri Lanka and hitting the bridge, according to a preliminary study issued by the National Transportation Safety Board.