I respectfully have to say that NVG's would probably have saved their lives, especially of we are saying Dara saw the sea surface with the naked eye. With over four years of using white phosphor NVG's, I cannot understand any SAR operation in the world now not using NVG's as standard. They seem to be reliant on the FLIR, and when all said and done, the information was there from an operator who clearly could see what was ahead, as he said there was an Island and move right. We operate the FLIR in support of NVG's on night ops. The fact there is NO reference to NVG's in the report and recommendations surprises me. And the fact the Coast Guard have had a program running for 11 years, and now still only one aircraft operating them.