Many crew members on the Mexican navy tall ship that suffered a lethal collision with the Brooklyn Bridge have flown house from New York, officers mentioned Monday.
Seven officers and 172 cadets who had been aboard the Cuauhtemoc coaching vessel arrived early Monday on the port of Veracruz, the place Mexico’s naval faculty is, the Mexican navy mentioned in a submit on X. Two cadets remained in New York getting medical remedy. They had been in secure situation, the navy mentioned.
Two members of the Cuauhtemoc’s crew suffered deadly accidents Saturday when the ship’s tall masts struck the Brooklyn Bridge’s principal span after the ship departed a Manhattan dock the place it had been open to guests for a number of days.
Footage of the collision shot by horrified onlookers present the ship shifting swiftly backwards after which grinding beneath the 142-year-old bridge as its topmasts snapped off. A number of cadets within the ship’s crew had been aloft, standing on the ship’s yards when the collision occurred. A number of had been left dangling by security harnesses because the masts partially collapsed.
A Mexican navy coaching vessel collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday night time.
The U.S. Nationwide Transportation Security Board was investigating the reason for the crash, which police mentioned was probably associated to a mechanical downside. The ship was shifting rapidly below motor energy within the reverse of its meant route when the collision occurred. A tugboat that had helped the ship get out of its berth might be seen on video attempting to get forward of the vessel because it headed towards the bridge however could not overtake it in time.
Ship docked at Pier 36 earlier than transfer to Brooklyn Navy Yard
The protection board deliberate to carry its first media briefing later Monday. The investigation is more likely to take months. The ship is at the moment docked at Pier 36 on the Decrease East Facet below the guard of NYPD officers and an NYPD harbor unit.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 18: The Mexican Navy crusing ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge sits moored in decrease Manhattan on Might 18, 2025 in New York Metropolis. The ship, the Cuauhtémoc, which snapped all three of its masts because it collided with the New York Metropolis landmark bridge, killed a minimum of two individuals and injured 19 others. (Picture by Spencer Platt/Getty Photos)
The U.S. Coast Guard is ready for a proper salvage plan from the non-public contractor concerned and last security inspections earlier than the ship will be towed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, in keeping with metropolis officers. The NYC emergency administration division says the Coast Guard and Division of Transportation are working to restrict disruptions to ferry service throughout the ship’s transfer.
‘No indicators of structural harm’ to Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge escaped main harm with the Division of Transportation asserting Monday afternoon that “while inspections are ongoing, there are no signs of structural damage to the bridge.”
This morning Commissioner Rodriguez surveyed the Brooklyn Bridge following the weekend bridge strike.
Whereas inspections are ongoing, there aren’t any indicators of structural harm to the bridge. pic.twitter.com/RHOVLF1tF9
— NYC DOT (@NYC_DOT) Might 19, 2025
No less than 19 of the ship’s 277 sailors wanted medical remedy, in keeping with officers. Amongst these killed was América Yamilet Sánchez, a 20-year-old sailor who had been learning engineering on the Mexican naval academy. Her household has mentioned she died after falling from one of many Cuauhtemoc’s masts.
179 of the ship’s cadets have disembarked and are headed house whereas one other 94 crew members stay on board, metropolis emergency officers mentioned.
The Cuauhtemoc arrived in New York on Might 13 as a part of a world goodwill tour. The vessel, which sailed for the primary time in 1982, had been docked and welcoming guests in latest days on the tourist-heavy South Road Seaport. It was subsequent sure for Iceland.
The ship’s principal mast has a peak of 160 toes, far too excessive for the span of the Brooklyn Bridge at any tide.
With Fleet Week developing, the Mexican Navy is giving New Yorkers and guests a sight of its personal. The tall coaching ship ARM Cuauhtémoc is docked at pier 17 and is open totally free excursions. The South Road Seaport Museum says guests can cease by over the weekend from 10 a.m. to eight p.m., with no reservations wanted.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 19: Media collect close to a broken Mexican Navy crusing ship, the Cuauhtémoc, that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend because it sits moored in decrease Manhattan on Might 19, 2025 in New York Metropolis. The collision, which snapped all three of the masts on the ship because it collided with the landmark bridge, killed a minimum of two crew members and injured 19 others. (Picture by Spencer Platt/Getty Photos)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 18: The broken masts of the Cuauhtémoc, a Mexican Navy coaching ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge, are seen because it sits docked at Pier 36 in decrease Manhattan on Might 18, 2025 in New York Metropolis. The ship, which snapped all three of its masts because it collided with the New York Metropolis landmark bridge, killed a minimum of two individuals and injured dozens of others. (Picture by Spencer Platt/Getty Photos)
