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There'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 di
by nexuist 7y ago
There'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.