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Old 20th Nov 2009, 02:21
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Spudnik
 
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DD, I feel your pain..

Were the patient intubated, had fractures or was a spinal she would have been very unlikely to survive a ditching.

So how much fuel did they arrive with to shoot 3 approaches and ditch? You're not putting down in the water unless you're about to flame out..

and 2x pilots but no mayday, no CTAF/unicom broadcast "i'm ditching Xnm N/S/E/W of xyz", no "hey crew, get those jackets out and make sure that raft is ready to go" ??!

It doesn't add up, much like the fuel figure I imagine..
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