Originally Posted by
Thomas coupling
Everyone seems to have latched onto the harness issue in the absence of any evidence thus far. I think this may just be a red herring in that looking at video and pics of the 5 pax, they were all young and all healthy.
Did you bother to check how to unleash the harness by oneself?
The Harness was NOT designed for that.
The band-aid was to attach a small knive somewhere to the harness (did they even know where? Someone said that in another flight this was not even really shown - but I guess it doesn't matter). I doubt even with proper HUET plus an immersion suit they would have had the slightest chance with that harness.
On the other hand the pilot got out.
In a Squirrel with Pax upfront he was in the midst of the same chaos and in the same cold water and he still made it out. That's no coincidence.