This statement, if its really true, maybe should stop the discussion about the floats arming procedures:
Hey Newsmeister, in the breifing this afternoon the TSB said they found one sponson floating with fuel tank included and the covering off the other sponson floating on the ocean thats where the main floatation bags are located on the S-92 so that explains why the rest sank, he must have hit really hard to tear them off, we should know more in a couple of days for sure.
I found this in the comments in the link of post #120. If they really have hit the water that hard, it would probably make no sense, whether the flotationsystem was activated or not.
skadi