The Mexican Navy ship which crashed into New York's Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend made no distress calls before the accident but called for support instead, Mexico's Navy chief Raymundo Morales said on Tuesday.

There were 277 people on board when the ship drifted directly into the underside of the bridge on Saturday night, the authorities said. At least 22 were injured, half of them critically.

A Mexican Navy ship struck New York's Brooklyn Bridge Saturday, killing a sailor and a naval cadet and injuring others. The big picture: Two people died following the crash, NTSB member Michael Graham said during a news conference on Monday,