Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 4 days agoMan who fell overboard from the Interislander 'extremely unlikely' to have survived, police saywww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkMan who fell overboard from the Interislander 'extremely unlikely' to have survived, police saywww.rnz.co.nzIlovethebomb@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 4 days agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days ago I wonder, if he hadn’t had a vehicle, would anyone have known he went overboard? It’s an interesting question. This seems to happen from time to time. Is it actually more often than we know?
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI don’t think they do a count off when people leave the boat, not that I’ve noticed anyway, and if they did, it would be easy to get wrong. There was also a person who jumped off the east by West ferry a while back, they were noticed because they were the only passenger. I do wonder how many people have fallen from boats, and nobody has noticed.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThe Cook Strait currents in particular are unlikely to wash any bodies up on shore. But I guess if you check on to a ferry then get reported missing, the police are gonna know you were there. So maybe it’s not that easy to not be noticed.
It’s an interesting question. This seems to happen from time to time. Is it actually more often than we know?
I don’t think they do a count off when people leave the boat, not that I’ve noticed anyway, and if they did, it would be easy to get wrong.
There was also a person who jumped off the east by West ferry a while back, they were noticed because they were the only passenger.
I do wonder how many people have fallen from boats, and nobody has noticed.
The Cook Strait currents in particular are unlikely to wash any bodies up on shore. But I guess if you check on to a ferry then get reported missing, the police are gonna know you were there. So maybe it’s not that easy to not be noticed.