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Not on the sea. By old and ancient tradition all who sail come in aid to their brothers in need.
by wbl 7y ago
Not on the sea. By old and ancient tradition all who sail come in aid to their brothers in need.
- 7952 7y agoAlthough salvage laws do allow a reward for recovery of property.
- nexuist 7y agoThere's a funny story from the 80s in which a cargo ship crew was awarded an exorbitant sum of money from the Royal Navy when one of their Harrier pilots got disoriented and, running out of fuel, chose to land on a van parked on the deck of the ship...
- iudqnolq 7y agoWow! Thanks for sharing this. For others who found that interesting and wanted to know more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alraigo_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alraigo_incident
- jlgaddis 7y agoI found a picture as well: https://web.archive.org/web/20160513222453im_/http://forces.tv/sites/default/files/styles/cover_image/public/Royal-Navy-Sea-Harrier-Alraigo-Incident-%28Att%29-Cropped.jpg?itok=lEKPQkBZ https://web.archive.org/web/20160513222453im_/http://forces....
- nexuist 7y agoOop, thank you! I was planning on including the link (had the page open when I was writing the comment) but I guess I forgot, haha. That's the one.
- glitcher 7y agoOff topic, but this reminded me of the stark contrast between this and my state's "stupid motorist law" > any motorist who becomes stranded after driving around barricades to enter a flooded stretch of roadway may be charged for the cost of their rescue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupid_Motorist_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupid_Motorist_Law
- hanniabu 7y agoThat sounds reasonable to me.