Logical Analysis Report

Key Focus

  • While none of them were hurt, they would be held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation.. . The accident, the deadliest bridge collapse in the United States in more than a decade, will have a lasting impact on the Port of Baltimore, with its 8,000 workers, and industries that rely on the port, which is the leading American hub for auto and other wheeled equipment, said Pete Buttigieg, the U.S ...
  • "A hundred thousand tons, all going into this pier all at once," he said of the impact on the bridge support structure.. . Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation. ...
  • "You might want to notify whoever the foreman is, see if we could get them off the bridge temporarily.". . But even then, the ship was striking the bridge. Almost at once, the pier buckled and collapsed, twisting over the ship, with its cargo containers stacked high on the deck ...


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High Level Topics

  • BRIDGE
  • PORT
  • DALI
  • KEY_BRIDGE
  • High Level Abstractions

  • BRIDGE(16, 0th Order)
  • ( BRIDGE )(16, 0th Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS )(3, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, PHONE )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, DRIVE )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, COMPANY )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, COLLAPSE )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, BRAWNER_BUILDERS )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, PORT )(3, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, PIER )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, INVESTIGATION )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, DALI )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE )(4, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, UNITED_STATES )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, RUINS )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, PHONE )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, INVESTIGATION )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, DRIVE )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, COMPANY )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, BRAWNER_BUILDERS )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, AUTHORITIES )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, UNITED_STATES )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, TUGBOATS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, TOLL_FACILITIES_ADMINISTRATION )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, RUINS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, PHONE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BRIDGE, NATIONAL_TRANSPORTATION_SAFETY_BOARD )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • PORT(6, 0th Order)
  • ( PORT )(6, 0th Order)  top
  • ( PORT, SRI_LANKA )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( PORT, SOUTH_AFRICA )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( PORT, RED_SEA )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( PORT, KEY_BRIDGE )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( PORT, HOUTHI )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( PORT, ATTACKS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • DALI(9, 0th Order)
  • ( DALI )(9, 0th Order)  top
  • ( DALI, INVESTIGATION )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, DISASTER )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, VOYAGE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, TRANSPORTATION )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, TERSE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, SRI_LANKA )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, RUINS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, RECORDER )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, PORT )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, POLICE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, NATIONAL_TRANSPORTATION_SAFETY_BOARD )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( DALI, MAYDAY )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • KEY_BRIDGE(7, 0th Order)
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE )(7, 0th Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, TUGBOATS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, TOLL_FACILITIES_ADMINISTRATION )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, NATIONAL_TRANSPORTATION_SAFETY_BOARD )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, JOHN_SNYDER )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, ENGINE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, DIRECTOR )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, DALI )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, BRIDGE )(3, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, BAY_BRIDGE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, BALTIMORE_SUN )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( KEY_BRIDGE, AUDIBLE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • References

    • ( BRIDGE )  top
    • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS )  top
    • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, PHONE )  top
    •   topThe others could not be found.. . Jack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away.
    • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, DRIVE )  top
    •   topJack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away.
    • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, COMPANY )  top
    •   topTwo of the workers who had been on the bridge were rescued from the water. The others could not be found.. . Jack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away
    • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, COLLAPSE )  top
    •   topJack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away.
    • ( BRIDGE, WORKERS, BRAWNER_BUILDERS )  top
    •   topTwo of the workers who had been on the bridge were rescued from the water. The others could not be found.. . Jack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away
    • ( BRIDGE, PORT )  top
    •   top"Hold all traffic on the Key Bridge.". . The terse command from an officer in Baltimore's busy commercial shipping port was one of the first warnings of a disaster that experts now predict will transform shipping on the Eastern Seaboard and change how ships and bridges function around the world
    •   topMiddleton, who runs Apostleship of the Sea, a program that ministers to sailors coming through the port, had driven the ship's captain and a few crew members to Walmart on Monday to stock up on goods for the 28-day voyage ahead - toothpaste, snacks, clothes, Bluetooth speakers
    •   topArmy Corps of Engineers said it was mobilizing more than 1,100 specialists to clear the wreckage of the bridge and unblock the Port of Baltimore's shipping lane. In the meantime, Mr. Buttigieg, the secretary of transportation, said the East Coast would have to rely more heavily on ports outside Baltimore
    • ( BRIDGE, PIER )  top
    •   top"A hundred thousand tons, all going into this pier all at once," he said of the impact on the bridge support structure.. . Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the...
    •   top"You might want to notify whoever the foreman is, see if we could get them off the bridge temporarily.". . But even then, the ship was striking the bridge. Almost at once, the pier buckled and collapsed, twisting over the ship, with its cargo containers stacked high on the deck
    • ( BRIDGE, INVESTIGATION )  top
    •   topWhile none of them were hurt, they would be held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation.. . The accident, the deadliest bridge collapse in the United States in more than a decade, will have a lasting impact on the Port of Baltimore, with its 8,000 workers, and industries that rely on the...
    •   top... hundred thousand tons, all going into this pier all at once," he said of the impact on the bridge support structure.. . Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation.
    • ( BRIDGE, DALI )  top
    •   topOfficials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation.
    •   topA much smaller freighter did hit the bridge in 1980, but the bridge stood strong.. . Minutes after the bridge collapsed on Tuesday, both tugboats that had accompanied the Dali arrived on scene, followed soon by the Coast Guard and the Baltimore City Fire Department.
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE )  top
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, UNITED_STATES )  top
    •   top... held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation.. . The accident, the deadliest bridge collapse in the United States in more than a decade, will have a lasting impact on the Port of Baltimore, with its 8,000 workers, and industries that rely on the port, which is the leading American hub for auto and other wheeled...
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, RUINS )  top
    •   topWhile none of them were hurt, they would be held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation.. . The accident, the deadliest bridge collapse in the United States in more than a decade, will have a lasting impact on the...
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, PHONE )  top
    •   topJack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away.
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, INVESTIGATION )  top
    •   topSee ( BRIDGE , INVESTIGATION )
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, DRIVE )  top
    •   topSee ( BRIDGE , WORKERS , DRIVE )
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, COMPANY )  top
    •   topJack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, BRAWNER_BUILDERS )  top
    •   topJack Murphy, who owns Brawner Builders, the company whose workers had been on the bridge, got a phone call about the collapse and raced to the area, about a 30-minute drive away
    • ( BRIDGE, COLLAPSE, AUTHORITIES )  top
    •   topWhile none of them were hurt, they would be held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation.. . The accident, the deadliest bridge collapse in the United States in more than a decade, will have a lasting impact on the Port of Baltimore, with its 8,000 workers, and...
    • ( BRIDGE, UNITED_STATES )  top
    •   topSee ( BRIDGE , COLLAPSE , UNITED_STATES )
    • ( BRIDGE, TUGBOATS )  top
    •   topA much smaller freighter did hit the bridge in 1980, but the bridge stood strong.. . Minutes after the bridge collapsed on Tuesday, both tugboats that had accompanied the Dali arrived on scene, followed soon by the Coast Guard and the Baltimore City Fire Department
    • ( BRIDGE, TOLL_FACILITIES_ADMINISTRATION )  top
    •   top... have to say if that ship hit the Bay Bridge or the Key Bridge - I'm talking about the main supports, a direct hit - it would knock it down," John Snyder, the director of engineering for the state Toll Facilities Administration told the Baltimore Sun at the time.. . But building a bridge that could withstand such an impact was simply not economically feasible, he said
    • ( BRIDGE, RUINS )  top
    •   topSee ( BRIDGE , COLLAPSE , RUINS )
    • ( BRIDGE, PHONE )  top
    •   topSee ( BRIDGE , WORKERS , PHONE )
    • ( BRIDGE, NATIONAL_TRANSPORTATION_SAFETY_BOARD )  top
    •   top"A hundred thousand tons, all going into this pier all at once," he said of the impact on the bridge support structure.. . Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation
    • ( PORT )  top
    • ( PORT, SRI_LANKA )  top
    •   top. He recalled the captain telling him their next port was Sri Lanka, but that they were taking a longer route, down around South Africa, in order to avoid recent Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea
    • ( PORT, SOUTH_AFRICA )  top
    •   topHe recalled the captain telling him their next port was Sri Lanka, but that they were taking a longer route, down around South Africa, in order to avoid recent Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea.
    • ( PORT, RED_SEA )  top
    •   topHe recalled the captain telling him their next port was Sri Lanka, but that they were taking a longer route, down around South Africa, in order to avoid recent Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea.
    • ( PORT, KEY_BRIDGE )  top
    •   top"Hold all traffic on the Key Bridge.". . The terse command from an officer in Baltimore's busy commercial shipping port was one of the first warnings of a disaster that experts now predict will transform shipping on the Eastern Seaboard...
    •   topMcAvoy said the tragedy would ripple over the port for years.. . Fishing crews always have found their way home following the Key Bridge, he said.
    • ( PORT, HOUTHI )  top
    •   topHe recalled the captain telling him their next port was Sri Lanka, but that they were taking a longer route, down around South Africa, in order to avoid recent Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea.
    • ( PORT, ATTACKS )  top
    •   topHe recalled the captain telling him their next port was Sri Lanka, but that they were taking a longer route, down around South Africa, in order to avoid recent Houthi attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea.
    • ( DALI )  top
    • ( DALI, INVESTIGATION )  top
    •   topWhile none of them were hurt, they would be held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation.
    •   topOfficials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation. They obtained data from the voyage data recorder, the equivalent of an aircraft's black box, hoping that it could help...
    • ( DALI, DISASTER )  top
    •   topThe terse command from an officer in Baltimore's busy commercial shipping port was one of the first warnings of a disaster that experts now predict will transform shipping on the Eastern Seaboard and change how ships and bridges function around the world
    •   topAlso caught up in the disaster were the ship's 21 crew members, all from India, who had prepared for a long journey to Sri Lanka on the Dali
    • ( DALI, VOYAGE )  top
    •   topOfficials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation. They obtained data from the voyage data recorder, the equivalent of an aircraft's black box, hoping that it could help investigators determine what led to the accident
    • ( DALI, TRANSPORTATION )  top
    •   topBut after the cargo ship Dali lost power early Tuesday, there were precious few minutes to act.. . In those minutes, many people - from the ship's crew, who sent out a mayday signal, to the transportation authority police officers, who stopped traffic heading onto the Francis Scott Key Bridge - did what they could to avert catastrophe, most likely saving many lives
    • ( DALI, TERSE )  top
    •   topThe terse command from an officer in Baltimore's busy commercial shipping port was one of the first warnings of a disaster that experts now predict will transform shipping on the Eastern Seaboard and change...
    • ( DALI, SRI_LANKA )  top
    •   topAlso caught up in the disaster were the ship's 21 crew members, all from India, who had prepared for a long journey to Sri Lanka on the Dali. While none of them were hurt, they would be held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation
    • ( DALI, RUINS )  top
    •   topWhile none of them were hurt, they would be held on board for more than a day as the ship sat in the harbor, the ruins of the bridge tangled around it, as authorities began their investigation.
    • ( DALI, RECORDER )  top
    •   top... from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation. They obtained data from the voyage data recorder, the equivalent of an aircraft's black box, hoping that it could help investigators determine what led to the accident
    • ( DALI, PORT )  top
    •   topThe terse command from an officer in Baltimore's busy commercial shipping port was one of the first warnings of a disaster that experts now predict will transform shipping on the Eastern Seaboard and change how ships and bridges function around the world
    •   topOn board was a local harbor pilot with more than 10 years of experience and deep familiarity with Baltimore's port, as well as an apprentice pilot in training.
    • ( DALI, POLICE )  top
    •   topIn those minutes, many people - from the ship's crew, who sent out a mayday signal, to the transportation authority police officers, who stopped traffic heading onto the Francis Scott Key Bridge - did what they could to avert catastrophe, most likely saving many lives
    • ( DALI, NATIONAL_TRANSPORTATION_SAFETY_BOARD )  top
    •   topOfficials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the accident, boarded the Dali on Tuesday night to gather documentation
    •   top... 1:25 a.m., after the two tugboats detached and turned back, the Dali had accelerated to about 10 miles per hour as it approached the Key Bridge. But just then, according to a timeline released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday, "numerous audible alarms" started sounding on the ship
    • ( DALI, MAYDAY )  top
    •   topBut after the cargo ship Dali lost power early Tuesday, there were precious few minutes to act.. . In those minutes, many people - from the ship's crew, who sent out a mayday signal, to the transportation authority police officers, who stopped traffic heading onto the Francis Scott Key Bridge - did what they could to avert catastrophe, most likely saving many lives
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE )  top
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, TUGBOATS )  top
    •   topAt 1:25 a.m., after the two tugboats detached and turned back, the Dali had accelerated to about 10 miles per hour as it approached the Key Bridge
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, TOLL_FACILITIES_ADMINISTRATION )  top
    •   top... have to say if that ship hit the Bay Bridge or the Key Bridge - I'm talking about the main supports, a direct hit - it would knock it down," John Snyder, the director of engineering for the state Toll Facilities Administration told the Baltimore Sun at the time.
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, NATIONAL_TRANSPORTATION_SAFETY_BOARD )  top
    •   topSee ( DALI , NATIONAL_TRANSPORTATION_SAFETY_BOARD )
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, JOHN_SNYDER )  top
    •   top"I would have to say if that ship hit the Bay Bridge or the Key Bridge - I'm talking about the main supports, a direct hit - it would knock it down," John Snyder, the director of engineering for the state Toll Facilities Administration told the Baltimore Sun at the time
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, ENGINE )  top
    •   topWhen a ship of this size loses engine power, there is little to be done to correct its course, even dropping an anchor down. And the Key Bridge was particularly vulnerable
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, DIRECTOR )  top
    •   top"I would have to say if that ship hit the Bay Bridge or the Key Bridge - I'm talking about the main supports, a direct hit - it would knock it down," John Snyder, the director of engineering for the state Toll Facilities Administration told the Baltimore Sun at the time
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, DALI )  top
    •   topAt 1:25 a.m., after the two tugboats detached and turned back, the Dali had accelerated to about 10 miles per hour as it approached the Key Bridge. But just then, according to a timeline released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday, "numerous audible...
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, BRIDGE )  top
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, BAY_BRIDGE )  top
    •   topOfficials acknowledged that the Key Bridge would not be able to withstand that kind of direct hit from a heavy cargo vessel. "I would have to say if that ship hit the Bay Bridge or the Key Bridge - I'm talking about the main supports, a direct hit - it would knock it down," John Snyder, the director of engineering for the state Toll Facilities Administration told the...
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, BALTIMORE_SUN )  top
    •   top... or the Key Bridge - I'm talking about the main supports, a direct hit - it would knock it down," John Snyder, the director of engineering for the state Toll Facilities Administration told the Baltimore Sun at the time.
    • ( KEY_BRIDGE, AUDIBLE )  top
    •   topBut just then, according to a timeline released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday, "numerous audible alarms" started sounding on the ship.