FBI seized phones and laptops of Indian crew on Dali ship
while probing Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
The FBI seized phones and laptops belonging to crew on board the Dali cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month.
On April 15, the FBI released a statement to the media that agents were on board the Dali conducting court-authorized 'law enforcement activity.
Crew members were eager to speak to trained Chaplain Associates from the Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) in their native languages when they finally boarded the ship.
The chaplains learned from crew that their mobile phones and computers had been taken by the FBI as part of its investigation,
meaning they had lost their contact numbers,
WeChat, and WhatsApp applications that they used to connect with family and friends -
which made the stranded crewmembers even more isolated on board.
On their second visit,
the chaplains brought new SIM cards and other items on board the ship to give to crewmembers,
the
Maritime Executive revealed.
SCI workers contacted the U.S. Coast Guard authorities to fend for the crewmembers,
and to find out if and when their phones would be returned by the FBI.
The ship’s operator provided six new mobile phones the next day to give to the crew -
and promised that their original phones would at some point be returned."
The FBI seized phones and laptops belonging to crew on board the Dali cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last month.
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