V1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND IN MELOY CHANNEL.  V1 WAS ON A PLANE WHILE APPROACHING VENETIAN CAUSEWAY BRIDGE.  V1 OPERATOR WENT UNDER THE BRIDGE DESPITE BEING WARNED OF WATERWAY BEING CLOSED.  BRIDGE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HORN AND WAVING FLAGS NOTIFYING VESSELS OF BRIDGE CLOSURE.  V1 VEERED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE BRIDGE PILING UNDERNEATH THE DRAW BRIDGE.
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