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🚨 Case Study: The 1980 Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster 🚢🌉 On May 9, 1980, a localized weather phenomenon turned a routine transit into one of the deadliest maritime-bridge collisions in history. The Incident: The 606-foot freighter MV Summit Venture was navigating the narrow shipping channel of Tampa Bay when a sudden, violent squall, with winds reaching 70 mph, blinded the bridge team. Disoriented by "whiteout" conditions and heavy radar interference, Pilot John Lerro was unable to see that