One gets the impression from the interviews on TV that this little jaunt was a spur of the moment deal and they did not think to tell anyone they were going or where.
I am reminded of the seven p's - proper preparation prevents possible piss poor performance!
And did they carry an epirb and if they did have one how hard is it to activate it?
They obviously didn't activate it (as I think they claimed to) because otherwise the satellite would have picked it up pdq & AMSAR would have been notified. Plus the China Southern aircraft heard nothing either.
The Advertiser said it was "very clever" of them to light a tyre - anyone would think that they were the first ones to think of doing that. And to me being very clever means not getting yourself in such a predicament to start with!
DF.