Originally Posted by
jolihokistix
Sometimes over a bad line a report might sound like "45 minutes", when it was actually "four to five minutes".
True. Big difference would be in time to get out. In 45 minutes I bet I could get out of a car even without tools but in 4-5 minutes before submerged it would be a whole different deal!
Think in this situation he went into the water at speed, not having seen it, and it likely shorted out the electronics instantly.