this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2024
37 points (100.0% liked)

Vancouver

1430 readers
5 users here now

Community for the city of Vancouver, BC

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

A Harbour Air seaplane, with 6 people on board, collided with a pleasure boat on Saturday

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

The seaplane can’t really turn when moving that fast, but the boat should have been easily able to turn around, slow down, or get out of the way.

That's why the rule is generally the smaller boat will GTFO of the way; preferably with a 90-degree turn.