Coverage dated November 17, 2025

A misplaced wire label caused a power outage on a massive container ship, sending it crashing into a bridge, the NTSB finds

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A small label installed on a wire when a giant cargo ship was built may have triggered a chain of events nearly a decade later, causing the ship to slam

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  1. KEZI Eugene

    A misplaced wire label caused a power outage on a massive container ship, sending it crashing into a bridge, the NTSB finds (opens KEZI Eugene)

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    A small label installed on a wire when a giant cargo ship was built may have triggered a chain of events nearly a decade later, causing the ship to slam

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    A misplaced wire label caused a power outage on a massive container ship, sending it crashing into a bridge, the NTSB finds | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — A small label installed on a wire when a giant cargo ship was built may have triggered a chain of events nearly a

  3. NBC News

    Improperly placed wire label caused power outage on container ship before crash into Key Bridge, NTSB says (opens NBC News)

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    The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday revealed that an improperly placed wire label caused a power outage on a cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge last March.

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