Rob21
Supposing this is true, why not a beep was heard? ELTs transmit on 121.5, the freq. everybody is "listening" to, specially when crossing the "big lagoon"...
Or were the ELTs the new 406 MHz models???
Verbal maydays would be on 121.5 or 243.0, guys listen there. The one ELT found wasn't armed and the others drowned after some time.