Baltimore salvage operation starts removing containers from ship

A section of the container ship Dali is seen with the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge on it, as seen from the debris retrieval vessel Reynolds (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner/AP)

Salvage crews have started removing containers from the deck of the cargo ship that crashed into the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.

The removal of the containers from the deck of the Dali, which started on Sunday, will continue this week as weather permits, according to a statement from the Key Bridge Response Unified Command.