NEW YORK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. federal officials are investigating a Mexican Navy vessel that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday, killing two sailors and injuring 19 others, reported The Associated Press on Monday.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the investigative team arrived late Sunday and includes experts in nautical operations, marine and bridge engineering and survival factors.
The agency said in a post on X that officials will discuss later Monday their investigation into the cause of the Saturday crash, which is likely to take months.
On Sunday, the damaged ship, named the Cuauhtemoc, was moored at Pier 35 in Lower Manhattan as the investigation by both the U.S. and Mexican governments got underway.
Most of the crew from the training vessel, meanwhile, have since returned to Mexico, according to the country's Navy.
On a post on X, Mexico's Navy said that 172 cadets along seven officers arrived early Monday at the port of Veracruz, which is on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and home to Mexico's naval school. ■
