Divers recovered the remains of two of the six workers missing since the crumbling bridge tossed them into the water, officials said.
Maryland State Police Colonel Roland Butler said a red pickup truck containing the bodies of the two men was found in about 25 feet of water near the mid-section of the fallen bridge.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board also said that Francis Scott Key Bridge, a traffic artery over the harbour built in 1976, lacked structural engineering redundancies common to newer spans, making it more vulnerable to catastrophic collapse. Still, economists and logistics experts doubted the port closure would trigger a major US supply chain crisis or significant spike in the price of goods, due to ample capacity at rival shipping hubs along the East Coast.
Ms Homendy said recorder data was"consistent with a power outage" but that an actual blackout had yet to be confirmed.
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