Here is a story not of cargo shifting but cargo misbehaving. The story is being told a bit backwards.
A Russian transport made a cargo run to an island off the coast of Japan. The crew had not been paid in months nor, had they been fed properly for a lot longer than that. While walking around the airbase they spotted a cow. After several minutes of conversation they decided to take the cow back to their base in Russia. After take off the cow began to get unruly and was difficult to contain so sooner than damaging the aircraft they dumped the cow overboard at about 10,000 feet.
By pure chance the cow hit the stern of a Japanese fishing boat causing serious damage. So serious, the boat began to sink. A call was put out to the Japanese Coast Guard and by the time they arrived the boat was nearly submerged. A maritime court was convened to assign fault to determine if the insurance would cover the cost of a new vessel. When asked what happened the Skipper told the court that a cow hit his boat. With that the collective eyebrows of the court raised and the Skipper was accused of lying and could face jail time.
The story made many of the newspapers around the Pacific Rim and eventually got to Russia where it was read by some of the crew of the transport. They got the Skipper off the hook by telling the story that appears above.
