The Alraigo Incident Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be on 7 June 1983 , when a lost British Royal Navy Sea Harrier fighter aircraft landed Arriving on the deck of a Spanish container ship .

On his second approach Arriving , Watson landed Arriving the Sea Harrier on top of the shipping Sending container , with only an estimated minute 's worth of fuel to spare Expend_resource .

Four days later , the `` Alraigo '' arrived at Arriving Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the Sea Harrier still perched Placing on its container .

Sea Harrier ZA176 was converted Change to the FA2 variant in 1992 and retired Departing from service 20 September 2003 .

Closer observation Perception_active revealed Reveal_secret the identity of the Dutch vessels the following day and Elphinstone led his frigate against the leading Dutch warship `` Pallas while `` Harrier '' engaged Hostile_encounter the merchant vessels and forced Request them to surrender Surrendering .