Good old Centaurus gives his usual informed detail ... this time on escape provisions . Thanks John.
Please don't think this little unrelated story in way makes light of any of the foregoing heartfelt tributes to Les and the others and of what happened to them that terrible day at Misima. (Think Les. Think irrepressible humour)
So purely an aside about judicious use of the crash axe . . . . . . one there was an F27 skipper name of Toby (rest his soul)
When the hostie said the dunny door was jammed shut with a passenger therein trapped , Tobe came back with axe in hand and called to the one within "STAND BACK" . . and with a few mighty swipes cleaved two vertical cuts to lay open the door. Tobe's entry in the 14-1 (the company maintenance log . . 'the tin book') simply read 'Toilet door U/S'.