Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at the ship that slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge in May. We’ll also find out why a watchdog agency concluded that a city investigator had broken sanctuary laws by providing information to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
After four months in a shipyard on Staten Island, the three-masted Mexican naval training vessel that slammed into the Brooklyn Bridge, killing a sailor and a cadet who were onboard, has been repaired. It is expected to leave New York next week.
The ship, the Cuauhtémoc, underwent sea acceptance testing — a three-day cruise in the Atlantic Ocean — last week, said Sal Molino, a vice president of the Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Company, which did the repair work. The Mexican Navy said in a statement that the trip had “put every mast, rope, and sail to the test” and that all the equipment had passed. The Cuauhtémoc’s steering, propulsion and communications systems were checked, as were the strength of the rigging and masts, the navy statement said.
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico was asked about the accident at a news conference on Tuesday and said that her administration was awaiting the results of the U.S. investigation.
The day after the crash, an official from the National Transportation Safety Board said that the Cuauhtémoc had accelerated in the wrong direction after pulling away from a pier in Lower Manhattan. It was unclear why the 300-foot-long vessel suddenly picked up speed. An initial report from the safety board in June did not explain whether there was a problem with the Cuauhtémoc’s engines or with communication between the ship’s crew and a pilot from a tugboat that was to guide the Cuauhtémoc through New York Harbor.
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