Locomotive recovered from Picton harbour - drone footage

Описание: How did the locomotive and 2 wagons get in the harbour ..... watch this space .

Footage credits :
CCTV footage - leaked to everyone
Still photos of wagons - name with held
Video of loco coming out of water : Hon Dr Nick Smith MP / Smith Cranes from MP Nick Smith's Facebook page :   / 1163713977452664  

"Kiwirail loco successfully fished out of Picton Harbour. 10 hours prep -10 min lift.
Big tx to project partners Marlborough Commercial Diving and Kenny Barging Picton, and also to teams from Kiwirail and Port Marlborough. Credit to all to have recovery completed 55 hours after accident.
Last job tonight is to contain and recover minor fuel release. Tomorrow’s job for Smithcrane is now trucking loco across on ferry tomorrow to Kiwirail Hutt workshops." Smith Cranes

Thanks to all those awesome Picton locals up at the lookout who made the long day enjoyable, were fine with the drone being flown, a big shoutout to AD William Small from Hula Hala Mala Naked Gorillas (naked party animal and beer brewer) who went and got me food at no charge, Picton Liqour, The Thai Panda, The Kung Fu Panda, Name with held port employee who jump started my car at midnight, Graeme from the Auto Workshop, and the Dutch guy in the Landcruiser.

A big thumbs down to the lowsy, lying, Port manager ( I ll name him later) who came up to the lookout going off like a naked gorilla about the drone,

Regarding the drone flight :

As someone who flies drones every day of the week , the assessment on weather I can and if I do , starts with :
A, is it safe to people on the ground and any conflict with any aviation.
B is it allowed, this is always done by consulting Airshare, if Airshare had indicated ANY prohibited operations in Picton, aerodromes, hospitals, I would not have even come to Picton or organized permission. The only notation on Airshare was regarding giving way to Hang gliders. Local council rules are vague regarding activities in , and above their public spaces, In Auckland, where I normally live, it is permitted in almost all public spaces, providing other users are not upset. I was up at the lookout for 15 hours. People were always asked if they had an issue ( no one did, including, at times port workers and other officials, and I took off and landed down a track to keep clear of the crowd. The drone sat on my car bonnet ready to go the whole time, NO ONE, including visiting Police council and Port workers said I could not fly it. I made other flights during the day, down the bushline and over water clear of the wharf to film arriving ferries. The night footage on this video, the flight was fully “shielded” by surrounding terrain, 30 metre cranes and light towers, and high hills immediately within 200 metres of my flight. Regarding the Port guys accusation of flying “directly over the salvage operation was a total lie. The drone has a 4 times zoom, = to a 200mm still camera, I had no need to be overhead anything, except the WATER, which I have since researched more and the answer to this is that it’s a “grey area” who owns the airspace immediately above water and the sea especially. I have had a number of previous contacts with CAA and in discussions with them always invite them to comment on any of my hundreds of drone videos, (a lot shot over water) on anything I should not be doing so as to avoid issues. The Port person ONLY called the Police because I argued about his authority to stop me and refused to stop filming and leave altogether, totally an unlawful demand. I was then accused of flying over the port which I did, an empty wharf, to land as soon as possible to get the problem resolved when told by the Port worker to “land immediately” So the Police wasted their time to come out and deal with this , and the key thing here “who was harmed, what was damaged” by my drone flight. The Police , and CAA are being used by authorities , security etc to “ënforce” the operation of drones that pose no risk to any aviation , or people at all.

Then there is the issue of no one complying with COVID restrictions. Well, that may have a lot to do with what we saw in our 15 hours at the lookout and be behind the actions of the Port worker,. Ferries coming and going with cars, caravans, camping gear, you name it, and whilst the Port guy was harassing me about my “dangerous “drone flight over open water, most of the workers at his port, and numerous rubber neckers NOT on duty or essential at the train recovery operation were not social distancing OR wearing masks. This is not just what my drone saw but many people had powerful binoculars. Police also made no attempt in 15 hours to break up the “dangerous” crowd of people in their numerous visits breaching every COVID rule, but arrived to take a complaint about a drone flying over the water……… Its all theatre. Geoff Mackley.