The crew on a fishing boat called in a man overboard distress call when one of their crew was thought to be missing.
2 am and the crew are hauling in their load when one of the crew said, " Where is…"
It appeared that he had fallen overboard. Long story, Short Story, The search efforts included eight helicopters, two fixed-wing aircraft, one jet, two water police vessels, two fishing vessels and a Coast Guard vessel.
14 hours later someone checked his cabin. He was snugly curled up asleep.
The cost of the 3 RACQ Life Flight Rescue Helicopters alone is estimated to be 1/4 of a million dollars.
Someone on the boat is going to get a huge bill
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And rightly so Bretrick.
It beggers belief that no-one looked in his cabin before people put their own lives at risk.