The emergency generators turned the lights back on – as seen in video circulating online – but not the ship’s propulsion.
He added that every foreign-flagged ship coming into U.S. waters must have a “highly trained” state-licensed pilot on board.
Pilots board the ships before they enter the local waterways and take “navigational control,” meaning they give orders for the ship’s speed and direction.
Diamond added: “These are among the most highly trained mariners in the world.”
Interstate 695, a 51-mile highway, runs along the bridge and five vehicles are also believed to have fallen into the water.
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