[Public-List] "The Perfect Storm"

[Gordon Laco]

A bit more...

On 6/7/18 12:50 PM, Gordon Laco via Public-List wrote:
> And because the USCG was called out, and forced the abandonment of
> the fully seaworthy yacht, the men from the helicopter died after it
> fell into the sea after running out of fuel.  Brave men, but
> basically murdered by the circumstance created by the needless mayday
> that they were responding to.
We attended a Windjammer lecture given by the co-pilot of that 
helicopter. All except the pilot jumped prior to the helicopter 
crashing, while the pilot held it in position in impossible conditions. 
The waves were 70 feet, he said, and you couldn't see them. One moment 
you were 10 feet above the water and the next you were 80. He broke 
protocol and put on his night vision goggles to time his jump. He 
suspects that the diver who died fell 80 feet.

After getting everyone else out, the pilot didn't have flying time left 
to save himself.

  - George

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