A guy I used to work with ditched a BN2 off Barbados at night in a reasonably calm sea, with 9 pax on board, not much baggage, and about 2 hours fuel burnt off.
After an engine failure, in a BN2, the remaining engine carries you safely to the scene of the crash.
All got out okay, but the aircraft went down in less than 2 minutes.
All survived until reaching land, when one pap died of hypothermia on the way to hospital.
Another guy I know ditched a Commander off Antigua - ditto seas. He also got out okay. He'd had a total electrics failure, had plenty of fuel. The trouble was, it was in the outer tanks, the transfer valves are electric, so he couldn't get at the fuel...
[This message has been edited by HugMonster (edited 26 February 2001).]