QLD
12365 posts
The port engine was definitely still running. Big seaway for a ship of that size.
NSW
2711 posts
And why the hell did the crew stand under the life raft and jump overboard?
Because the helicopter crew deemed that winching them off the ship was too dangerous. Ship motion and obstructions are potentially lethal to the helicopter in a winching such as this.
We regularly got the people in the water to conduct the winching. Much safer.
