Comment on Finland Finds Anchor Drag Marks On The Seabed Left By Russia-Linked Tanker That Broke Cables
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks agoOh come on… It could be an honest mistake: who hasn’t forgotten to hoist a multi-ton anchor or two before setting sail when going boating on occasion?
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
That’s pretty much what their lawyer said. The lawyer said that oil tanker only cares about getting their cargo from point a to point b as quickly as possible, and that they would have no intention of losing their anchor.
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah but the argument falls flat on it face when you consider that dragging a an anchor on the seabed isn’t exactly the best way to go from point A to point B quickly, and someone would have noticed that the handbrakes were on so-to-speak if they cared that much about shipping speed.