aerial image of cargo ship and collapsed bridge in river
The cargo ship after crashing into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.
  • Baltimore's largest bridge collapsed after a cargo vessel, the Dali, crashed into it.
  • Experts told BI that a mechanical failure aboard the ship could have caused the crash.
  • The bridge was never built with modern container ships in mind. 

The destruction of Baltimore's largest bridge early Tuesday morning has raised major questions about how such a disaster could have happened.