Hi Guys,
There was a Lynx crash in Bosnia a few years back. 5 POB. Only one survivor. It crashed into the Adriatic after clipping a blade in the water and sank.
All the crew were HUET and STASS trained. The guy who survived was 1 of 3 passenger's in the back. He was not aircrew but used to drive guys to the HUET every 3 months or so. So as to avoid bordem waiting for the others he asked if he could jump in as well, so ended up doing the HUET VERY regularly!!!!! As you can see he was probably the most recent guy in the Lynx at the time and probably the unit.
The Capt did get out and surfaced, however, he tried to go back down to free the others and became trapped.
Food for thought???
Also STASS (Short Term Air Supply System) is awesome. I could get about 5 mins out of a cylinder ( in a nice warm pool with no stress!!!) would guess about 30 secs in cold water and flapping!!
Cheers
L'