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None of the crew members of the sailing ship Cisne Branco were injured
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The sailboat is awaiting transportation to the local harbor, where repairs and additional checks will be carried out before leaving Ecuador.
The training sailing ship Cisne Branco (White Swan) of the Brazilian Navy crashed into a pedestrian bridge in Ecuador connecting the city of Guayaquil to Santai Island at the mouth of the Guayas River. This was reported the day before by the edition The universe.
It is indicated that one of the local tugs also sank, arriving to provide assistance to the Brazilian vessel. At the same time, none of the crew members of both ships was injured. The reasons for the incident are being checked, but most likely it is associated with a strong current of the river.
The sailboat is awaiting transportation to the local harbor, where repairs and additional checks will be carried out before leaving Ecuador.
It is also noted that this is the fourth similar incident since 2017, the first of which led to the collapse of a 145-meter span of the bridge leading to the island, which has the status of a nature conservation area. Another ship in 2018 collided with another bridge leading to the island from Duran, neighboring to Guayaquil.
Recall in Panama Bulk carrier Bluebill crashed into a railway bridge, passing along the Panama Canal, and partially destroyed it.
It was also reported that the Ukrainian ship Chelyabinsk crashed into the support of the bridge on the Danube in Hungary.
In the Netherlands, a crane crashed into a 19th century bridge
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