Tom
It was my mistake which if I'd read the earlier posts in the thread more thoroughly I wouldn't have made.
Had it been after dark the air temperature would have been colder, reducing survival times further and there would have been less of a chance of the incident being visible to local surface vessels that might have rendered assistance, as was seen in the 225 ditching in the North Sea recently. With this accident though, it appears that the apparent absence of some items of survival equipment significantly outweighs any aggravating factors associated with a night ditching, hence my snappy response. Sorry.
Last edited by onesquaremetre; 27th Dec 2012 at 15:32.