(CNN) — A small label installed on a wire when a giant cargo ship was built may have triggered a chain of events nearly a decade later, causing the ship to slam into a bridge and collapse into the water.

The National Transportation Safety Board held a public meeting Tuesday to determine the probable cause of the container ship Dali crashing into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and its subsequent collapse, killing six people.

On March 26, 2024, the 213-million-pound cargo vessel Dali lost engine and electrical power as it was leaving the Port of Baltimore and struck a pillar of the Key Bridge.

“The fact is, none of us should be here today,” said Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the NTSB, in her opening remarks. “This tragedy should have never occurred. Lives should have never been lost, as

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