MEDIA ADVISORY: March 20 Media Briefing on Francis Scott Key Bridge Investigation

3/19/2025

The Dali with portions of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge across its forward deck and in the Patapsco River on March 28.

​​The Dali with portions of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge across its forward deck and in the Patapsco River on March 28. ​

​​WASHINGTON (March 19, 2025) — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a media briefing Thursday at 4 p.m. Eastern time on the contact of the containership Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The Dali was transiting out of Baltimore Harbor on March 26, 2024, when it experienced a loss of electrical power and propulsion and struck the southern pier supporting the central truss spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which subsequently collapsed. Six construction workers died as a result of the bridge collapse.

Previous updates on the investigation are available on the investigation’s webpage.

Media unable to attend in person can view the media briefing on NTSB’s YouTube channel.

WHAT: Media briefing to provide updates on the investigation of the contact of the Dali with the Francis Scott Key Bridge and subsequent bridge collapse in Baltimore

WHO: Chairman Jennifer Homendy

WHEN: Thursday, March 20 at 4 p.m. Eastern time

WHERE: NTSB Boardroom and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. The street entrance to the NTSB Boardroom and Conference Center is located on 10th Street, SW, running between D Street and Frontage Road, SW, just below the L'Enfant Plaza Promenade. The boardroom is also accessible from L’Enfant Plaza Metro through the food court.

MEDIA: Media planning to attend should RSVP to mediarelations@ntsb.gov

LIVESTREAM: The briefing will be livestreamed on NTSB’s YouTube channel

To report an incident/accident or if you are a public safety agency, please call 1-844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290 to speak to a Watch Officer at the NTSB Response Operations Center (ROC) in Washington, DC (24/7).


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