Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Authorities said the Mexican Navy tall ship Cuauhtémoc, used for sail training and goodwill tours to other nations, lost power just before crashing into the bridge at about 8:20 p.

Officials said the ship was not assisted by a tugboat as it lost power and drifted before the fatal collision.

Sailors were seen hanging from a navy training vessel's main mast after the ship crashed in to Brooklyn Bridge, killing two people. The Mexican navy tall, ship carrying over 200 people, had just departed from New York on its way to Iceland when it collided with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening (17 May).