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On January 9, 2023, a trial commenced against the captain and two pilots involved in a significant maritime incident that occurred nearly three years ago. The case stems from an allision where an excavator, transported aboard the 'Somone', collided with a 110-kilovolt power line near the Rethe bascule bridge on January 7, 2020. The 63-meter-high boom of the excavator struck the high-voltage line, resulting in the severing of six cables and causing a power outage that affected the local area for several hours. Stromnetz Hamburg has filed a civil lawsuit against those accountable, with damages amounting to €368,000. The defendants had previously opted against accepting a penalty order that would have allowed them to evade a hearing. The public prosecutor's office asserts that the three individuals collectively failed to ensure the safe navigation of the vessel by not verifying the overall height of the excavator and its boom prior to departure, thus neglecting their duty to protect shipping traffic. For more details and related photographs, visit the full report at: https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article237321261/Unfall-auf-der-Elbe-Drei-Angeklagte-schweigen-vor-Gericht.html