25 people were injured (and 15 sent to the hospital) this week after a massive ship owned by the state of billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen fell over in heavy winds in a Scottish Dry dock.
Allen was best known for co-founding Microsoft in 1975 with his friend Bill Gates. Just before his death at 65 in 2018, he was ranked the 44th-wealthiest person in the world with a net worth of $20.3B.
Allen’s 250-foot ship tipped over in its dry berth around 8:30 AM, according to the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Five ambulances, an air ambulance and three trauma teams responded to the scene of the accident, bringing a little over half of those injured to the hospital for further care.
Pictures of the aftermath show the huge ship listing at a 45-degree angle.
The ship was a research vessel owned by Allen’s estate, and had been used for deep-water searches for shipwrecks and war graves at sea. However, it was placed into long-term moorage in 2020 due to “operation challenges” during the pandemic.
Someones getting fired
That’s a big ship to be toppled over to be fair