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Man who fell overboard from the Interislander 'extremely unlikely' to have survived, police say (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 5 months ago by Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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I wonder, if he hadn't had a vehicle, would anyone have known he went overboard?

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wonder, if he hadn’t had a vehicle, would anyone have known he went overboard?

It's an interesting question. This seems to happen from time to time. Is it actually more often than we know?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 0 points 5 months ago

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.