Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 month agoMan who fell overboard from the Interislander 'extremely unlikely' to have survived, police saywww.rnz.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up112arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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.
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.