"Contact" is a weird choice of words.

Yeah, when the word “allision” was right there!

Not really, because that's where that part of the investigation ends.

Pre-contact everything is about the ship and why it hit anything, post-contact everything is about the bridge and why it collapsed. The ship part of the investigation wouldn't look significantly different if the bridge had remained (mostly) intact, or if the ship had run aground inside the harbor instead.

Reminds me of "fetched up" describing what happened to the Exxon Valdez.

Thought the same, bridge is fallen on its entire length, sounds like a way to undersell it. Such an opportunity to pass on clickbait is interesting in this day and age.

Right? Like when I read that I thought we're talking a little paint-swapping.

No, we are not talking a little paint-swapping.