68 h. ago Ships have been hitting the Brooklyn Bridge for nearly 150 years

A Mexican navy tall ship’s fatal collision with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday highlighted a hazard that has worried seafarers for nearly 150 years

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3 d. ago Mexican navy says ship’s pilot in deadly bridge crash was from New York

Officials say ship must be operated by specialized harbor pilot as investigation into crash that killed two continuesThe Mexican navy has said that the pilot navigating the training ship Cuauhtémoc during its Saturday night crash into the Brooklyn Bridge was New York-based.“The ship must be controlled by a specialized harbor pilot from the New York government,” Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Angeles said at a press conference. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Disturbing cause of deadly Mexican Navy crash into Brooklyn Bridge 'revealed' as second victim is named

NTSB officials have given more details about the fateful moments before the ship crashed into the bridge, while the second victim has been named as Adal Jair Marcos, 22.

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4 d. ago Federal officials investigating Mexican tall ship's crash into Brooklyn Bridge

Federal officials are investigating a Mexican Navy vessel that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, killing two sailors and injuring 19 others

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4 d. ago Last picture of smiling Navy cadet, 20, before she was killed when ship crashed into Brooklyn Bridge

América Yamilet Sánchez had posted a photo of herself on Facebook just hours before the Mexican navy ship crashed into Brooklyn Bridge

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4 d. ago Tragic young Navy cadets killed when Mexican ship crashed into Brooklyn Bridge named

Navy cadet America Yamilet Sánchez, 20, and Adal Jair Marcos, of Oaxaca, were killed on board the Mexican ship Cuauhtémoc when it crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York

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5 d. ago Tragic photo emerges of young Navy cadet before she was killed when Mexican ship crashed into Brooklyn Bridge

América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, has been identified as one of the two fatal victims of the Saturday night catastrophe. Before the tragedy, she was pictured smiling in front of the ill-fated vessel.

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5 d. ago Brooklyn Bridge ship crash latest: Mexican navy cadet, 20, confirmed as one of two killed in New York incident

Authorities believe power loss caused the collision that snapped all three masts of the ship

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5 d. ago Officials reveal cause of deadly crash as Mexican navy ship smashes into Brooklyn Bridge

The ship Cuauhtemoc suddenly smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in a bizarre incident on Saturday - officials have said there are early indications of what cause the incident

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5 d. ago Federal officials launch investigation into Mexican tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge

Federal transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge

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5 d. ago Brooklyn Bridge ship crash latest: Sailors clung onto mast in Mexican navy boat incident in New York that killed two

Authorities believe power loss caused the collision that snapped all three masts of the ship

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5 d. ago Mexican navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, killing two sailors

Twenty-two crew members injured, 11 of them critically, with nine in a stable condition, Mexican government saysTwo sailors from the Mexican navy were killed and another 11 critically hurt when a sailing ship taking part in a promotional tour in New York City collided with the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said.The crash happened on Saturday night when the Cuauhtémoc – an academy training vessel with 277 people on board who shares a name with the last Aztec ruler – lost power and struck the bridge. Eyewitness videos showed dozens of sailors in ceremonial uniforms spread across yardarms shortly before the collision, which snapped the Cuauhtémoc’s three masts.The Associated Press contributed to this report Continue reading...

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5 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and killing 2 crew members

A Mexican navy sailing ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, snapping its three masts, killing two crew members and leaving some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the air waiting for help. Mayor Eric Adams says at least 19 people aboard the ship needed medical treatment Saturday night. But he says the 142-year-old bridge has been spared major damage. The cause of the collision is under investigation. The Mexican navy says in a post on the social media platform X that the incident involves the Cuauhtemoc, an academy training vessel.

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5 d. ago What caused Mexican Navy ship to crash into Brooklyn Bridge? Everything we know after two people killed

The crash killed two people and injured 19 after the incident in New York’s East River on Saturday night

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5 d. ago Haunting pictures of ship near Brooklyn Bridge taken seconds before everything changed

Onlookers captured jaw-dropping video and haunting images of the Mexican training ship just moments before it struck New York's iconic Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night

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5 d. ago Moment Mexican navy ship’s sails snap in New York’s Brooklyn Bridge crash

Video captures the moment a Mexican Navy sailing ship, the Cuauhtémoc, crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on New York’s East River on Saturday (17 May).

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5 d. ago Two people killed and 22 injured after Mexican training ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge

New York mayor confirms the deaths hours after press conference in which he said 19 people had been injured, several of them seriously

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5 d. ago Brooklyn Bridge LIVE: Two dead and two fighting for life after Mexican Navy ship hits landmark

The 147-foot mast of the Cuauhtémoc collided with the lower level of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, killing two people and injuring several more in horror scenes

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5 d. ago Two dead as Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge after 'losing power'

Two people are dead and two others fighting for their lives after a Mexican Navy ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in front of horrified onlookers as it set sail from New York

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5 d. ago Sailors hang suspended in the air on Mexican navy vessel's mast after ship smashed into Brooklyn Bridge

As part of a traditional greeting, Mexican sailors stood atop the Cuauhtémoc's 150-foot masts just seconds before the ship struck the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday.

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