The festive launching of a ship at a shipyard in Hoogezand is today almost ended in a tragedy. Just before the immense colossus in the water, slipped, wanted a man to do a banner and a rope to remove, which is close to the vessel layers. The ship hit the man with her.

On the above video to see how the man himself at an angle under the ship as the vessel begins to slide. He knows he is – after a struikeling – at the very last moment with a swim in safety. The ship, a ninety-metre-long NB 748 with the name Tasman, hurtling right past him. Then is to see that he opkrabbelt and other werfmedewerkers adds. the

The incident took place at the shipyard Royal Bodewes. The shipbuilder announced the launch earlier via his website. “The yard is open to the public, but entry to the site is at your own risk’, is there to read. the

On video images of other attendees is to see how over a hundred people in the yard during the launch visited.