Quote: "The last call I made we were roughly 400 feet on the radar altimeter, the PIC called for windsheild wipers. I stated "windshield wipers" and reached for the switch. From that point it all seems like a bad dream. As I reached the switch we impacted the water at roughly 100mph."
I'm confused about this part of the story. Granted, I don't fly offshore in an S76, but how can you impact the water from 400 feet while you are reaching for the windshield wiper switch? There seems to be a gap in the story. Would the SIC specifically leave out the info in this gap or could it have happened so fast he wouldn't know? I'm just curious if he may have left out that particular part because there is an ongoing investigation. If so, why would he publish anything at all?
My heart goes out to the guys. The story is very similar to one I heard a few years ago from a friend of a friend who worked at Air Log (I think) - ditched off a platform and fought off sharks for a couple of hours, hoping a large one would finally end it for him.
