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Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden

c/world · u/inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 140 points

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u/pno2nr@lemmy.world · 6 points

Yeah, like between the time I wake up and the time I go to bed really.

u/CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee · 10 points

It's more astonishing to read in the article that this is the second time this ship has run aground in the past 3 years.

u/elmicha@feddit.org · 11 points

The watch officer apparently admitted that he fell asleep. I find it astonishing that such giant ships don't have an autopilot that can at least stop the ship before it crashes into land. Or a dead man's switch which would wake up the watch man or someone else.

u/Boddhisatva@lemmy.world · 4 points

Wild. I swear when I read this article it said the pilot was suspected of falling asleep. I must have read a different article. This one says:

>The watch officer of a large container ship that ran aground and crashed into a garden in Norway has told police he was asleep at the time of the incident.

u/IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 10 points

Could have very easily been a mechanical failure. There are plenty of examples of cargo ships like that losing engines, losing steering, etc.

u/jordanlund@lemmy.world · 34 points

On his property? I'd be boarding that ship...

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u/DickFiasco@lemm.ee · 33 points

The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Mr Helberg told television channel TV2

I feel ya, Mr. Helberg.

u/Boddhisatva@lemmy.world · 18 points

So the pilot and the homeowner both slept through the crash? Weed is legal there, isn't it?