21 sailors from India and Sri Lanka are still isolated and have been unable to return home for 49 days, as they are stuck aboard a motionless vessel pinned by Baltimore Bridge, which collapsed seven weeks ago and left six people dead.
On Monday (May 13), a controlled explosion rocked the Dali, a 948 ft (289 m) container ship that was on a 27-day journey from Baltimore, USA, to Sri Lanka when it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, leading to its entrapment under the collapsed structure.
The controlled explosion, which was conducted by authorities with the involvement of the US Coast Guard, aimed to demolish and remove debris from the Francis Scott Key Bridge in an effort to free the stranded Dali and allow it to be refloated and eventually moved to port.
