India, May 20 -- NTSB probers have revealed that they are looking into a tugboat's possible role in aMexican ship's crash into theBrooklyn Bridge. However, they have yet to board the foreign craft and talk to its crew.

Agency investigator Brian Young told reporters at the first National Transportation Safety Board briefing that "part of our investigation will be to look into procedures" involving tug boats in the harbor," according to the New York Post.The Cuauhtemoc is believed to have collided with the bridge after a mechanical failure shut down its steering.

A local tugboat was reportedly helping guide theMexican boat out of port before the tall ship headed to Iceland. Questions are now being raised about whether the tug released the...