Originally Posted by
skadi
Have heard it called a Touch and Go Pad when it is not an "approved pad" as per shipping class rules.
The 3 onboard are alive because a rescue boat happened to be within 800 meters of the accident. The pilot and pax were out of the water and given first aid within 2 minutes, then shortly thereafter in ambulances at the nearby port of Bergen then the hospital.
Timing is everything, so is luck..