Ghost ship found off Australia

XMan

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Were there people cut in half all over the place? Any Nazi gold?
 

Tominator

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Nothing really strange here if you realize that 'pirates' operate in the area and China even gives them refuge for part of the 'bounty.'
 

pyonir

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Originally posted by: Tominator
Nothing really strange here if you realize that 'pirates' operate in the area and China even gives them refuge for part of the 'bounty.'

See post above. :D
 

ScrapSilicon

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gun control worked ..
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Aceshigh

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Sounds to me like the 10 man Indonesian crew may have turned on the Taiwanese captain and chief engineer, probably killed them, threw the bodies overboard, then hightailed it back to Bali and left the ship floating abandoned.

Most likely scenario given the information in the article.
 

Sundog

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Originally posted by: Aceshigh
Sounds to me like the 10 man Indonesian crew may have turned on the Taiwanese captain and chief engineer, probably killed them, threw the bodies overboard, then hightailed it back to Bali and left the ship floating abandoned.

Most likely scenario given the information in the article.

Why leave the ship? Why not take the ship and scuttle it when closer?

 

ThePresence

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What would a Pirate gain by killing off the crew and leaving the ship? Fun? More likely drug related....
 

ROTC1983

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Originally posted by: Tominator
Nothing really strange here if you realize that 'pirates' operate in the area and China even gives them refuge for part of the 'bounty.'

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing :(