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A very good morning to the Spanish Civil Patrol, who have made my #FailureFriday mission easier this week by smacking into [checks notes] the runway lighting system at Gibraltar's airport.
What they thought they were doing on short finals remains a mystery, but the diplomatic protests will no doubt be nothing compared to the undiplomatic ones of their boss.
@DreadShips To be fair to the boat operators, it is VERY easy to lose spatial orientation when boating at night. Without visual clues to help orient yourself, it's hard to tell how far or close you are to other objects, even flashing lights. Add in motion, other lights in the background, and focusing on trying to find/follow another boat and this is what may happen. Below is a picture from several years ago at Kent Island, Maryland. Speed played a factor here too (at night).
@DelRider worth noting that the loss of spatial awareness started well before the lights became a threat - it's really hard to crash into Gibraltan infrastructure when you stay in Spanish waters like you're supposed to...
(Without really going into the whole Gibraltar/Spain pissing contest, everyone knows where they're currently supposed to be even if the strict letter of the law gets overlooked or sometimes embarrassingly misplaced)