Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
c/world · u/inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 140 points
c/world · u/inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 140 points
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/RedIce25@lemmy.world · 6 points
Very much illegal
u/jordanlund@lemmy.world · 34 points
On his property? I'd be boarding that ship...

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/mikatukana@lemm.ee · 23 points
According to reports, the ship had previously run aground in 2023 but got free under its own power.
u/Boddhisatva@lemmy.world · 18 points
So the pilot and the homeowner both slept through the crash? Weed is legal there, isn't it?
u/Gsus4@mander.xyz · 5 points
...finders keepers?
u/Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 points
"Fuckin' hell... I don't remember plantin' *that!*"
u/Fortatech@gregtech.eu · 3 points
His reaction is so golden.