After Baltimore accident: How safe are our bridges and harbors? | DW News

In the United States, a huge search and rescue mission to find 6 missing workers after a major bridge collapsed has been suspended. Authorities in Baltimore believe there is no hope of finding them alive. The Francis Scott Key Bridge came down after being rammed by a packed container ship when it lost power on Tuesday morning. The federal government has promised money and resources to rebuild the bridge. Its collapse has indefinitely shut down the port of Baltimore, one of the biggest in the US.

2:26 DW talks to Ulf Kaspera, Director of Germany's Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation about how similar disasters can be prevented.

7:56 DW Washington correspondent Stefan Simons has more

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