They’ve been stuck for 7 weeks on the ship that crashed into a Baltimore bridge. This is what life is like for the Dali crew | CNN
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It could be weeks or even months before crew members can leave, due to complications beyond their control. Here’s why they’re still stuck – and how they’re coping.

Update: the ship has been towed now

  • millie@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report about the crash earlier this week, which did not include a probable cause. Those findings will be part of a final report that could take investigators up to two years to complete.

    “Without the final report, I don’t think the vessel is going anywhere” far from Baltimore, Duan said.`

    In the meantime, he hopes nonessential crew members will be allowed to get off the ship and stay temporarily on dry land to “ease their mental stress.”

    They could literally be stuck living on an immobile cargo ship for 2 years. That’s insane.

    • huginn@feddit.it
      2·
      6 months ago

      Because none of the crew can step foot on American soil. It’s a Singaporean vessel with an Indian and Sri Lankan crew. They don’t have visas and so they’re denied entry.

      The bureaucracy of DHS knows no limits and has no compassion.