“The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.”
Social media posts
in an Instagram post. Claim dated 28 Mar 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Officials said the Dali’s voyage data recorder briefly stopped recording sensor data, but not audio, about four minutes before the ship crashed into the bridge. The outage lasted for about a minute.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 March 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 April 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C5EldfZvIfo/
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