Originally Posted by
gulliBell
What I'm finding difficult to comprehend is, the pilot must have known prior to 500' that the floats on one side of the aircraft had failed to inflate, so why continue to a water landing? Those passengers were all doomed from the moment the decision was made to continue with the water landing after the floats had failed to inflate properly.
Are you sure he knew about the incomplete inflatement? And if he did, what alternative he would have had?
skadi