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The bayou canot instead of continuing up the mobile river. odom then mistook the radar image of the bridge for another tow barge. as he tried to maneuver towards it, his front-left barge struck the concrete south pier. the other two barges struck the bridge itself, knocking the bridge and the train track 48 inches out of alignment. when odom struck the bridge, he didn't know it, in part because he couldn't see the bridge through the fog, since it was unlighted. odom mistakenly believed he had run aground. inexplicably, the collision bent the track in an "s" shape, but didn't break it, which ex...

To interview the crew of the tugboat "mauvilla," and that was because they were the reporting party of the accident. >> on the night of the crash, the "mauvilla" was making a routine run up the mobile river pushing a load of coal and pig iron. the "mauvilla" was pushing six barges, so the pilot was 400 feet away from the front of the barges. investigators learned that the pilot, willie odom, called the coast guard three hours before the train crash to report thick fog on the mobile river. about a half hour before the accident, odom said he steered his six barges around a bend in the mobile riv...

Survivors gathered to remember those who lost their lives. by then, new regulations were in place to prevent similar accidents. tugboats are now required to have radar on board, and all operators are required to have formal training in how to use it. the boats are also required to have a compass on board as well as the necessary maps and river charts. there is also a requirement for all bridges to have lighting, even those on waterways closed to commercial traffic. willie odom was cleared of any criminal charges, but he never again piloted a tugboat. >> i think my main interest in all of the j...

>> the investigators cut the concrete samples into razor-thin slices, then studied them under a transmitter-like microscope. the microscope shines polarized light through the samples, revealing the specific optical properties of the rocks, sand and cement. >> the fbi, after they examined the samples they found on the barge, determined that the concrete on the barge was the same as that found in the pier at the south end of the bridge. >> based on all the evidence, the national transportation safety board concluded that willie odom had gotten lost in the heavy fog as he piloted the "mauvilla" u...

Those who lost their lives. by then, new regulations were in place to prevent similar accidents. tugboats are now required to have radar on board, and all operators are required to have formal training in how to use it. the boats are also required to have a compass on board as well as the necessary maps and river charts. there is also a requirement for all bridges to have lighting, even those on waterways closed to commercial traffic. willie odom was cleared of any criminal charges, but he never again piloted a tugboat. >> i think my main interest in all of the jobs i get into is to determine ...