Distances tend to be greater in US waters than in those of the UK, making hypothermia extremely likely during the aircraft transit to the scene
Its strange how our offshore oil and gas cousins in the insist that the water is always warm and fast rescue always assured.
A few questions:-
With deepwater operations in the GOM with 19 seat helicopters should some of the survival issues be looked at again?
I'd heard that after the S92 accident off Nova Scotia the first attempt to rescue the survivor failed because he was unable to get into the basket. Isn't that a reason to go for winchmen rather than baskets?
BTW wasn't an HH-65 lost in the Pacific after its basket caught on the railings of a ship and the cable snapped up unto the rotors? That would be unlikley with a winchman?