[Watch] Mexican Navy Ship With 200 Onboard Crashes Into Brooklyn Bridge In New York

New York: At least 19 people sustained injuries after a Mexican Navy training ship with over 200 onboard crashed into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge, reports claimed. Visuals of the accident have gone viral on social media.

The towering masts of the Cuauhtémoc clipping the bridge as the sailing vessel was passing under the famous structure on Saturday evening can be seen in the footage.

Parts of the masts reportedly fell on vessel’s deck and some of the crew members were standing on the masts at the time of collision, reported the BBC. Local media reports claim that the ship lost power before the mishap. But, authorities said no one had fallen into the water. Brooklyn Bridge had not sustained any major damage either, officials told the BBC.

The ship lost the top of two masts. All personnel on the ship have been accounted for, the New York Coast Guard mentioned in a statement. The injured are undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Watch Sailors Dangling From The Damaged Mast Here:

The New York Police Department’s chief of operations, as quoted by the BBC, blamed the mishap on “mechanical issues.” A power cut had caused the ship to collide with one of the pillars, he said.

Meanwhile, New York police asked residents to avoid the area of Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport in Manhattan, and Dumbo in Brooklyn.

The vessel, which measures 297 feet long and 40 feet wide, according to the Mexican navy. It had sailed for the first time in 1982.

Each year it sets sail at the end of classes at the naval military school to wrap up the cadets’ training.

It had left the Mexican port of Acapulco on April 6 with 277 people aboard. Its destination was Iceland.