Kriku kirjutas:
Mati79 kirjutas:Olgu, väga hea tahtmise korral võib siiski uskuda, et 2 kopterit järjest Y64 ja Y65 päästsid vaid ühe inimese ja langesid vintsi (üsna lollikindla mehhanismiga seade) probleemide tõttu rivist välja.
65. kopteri vintsi kohta pole ma sõnagi kirjutanud.
Äkki peaksid olema ise paremini informeeritud? Muidu tundub see halastamatu ja pidev "turja kargamine" faktide teemal veidi üle võlli:
"On arriving at the scene of the accident at 0400 hrs, Y 65 observed a large number of liferafts to the east of the SILJA EUROPA and began to inspect them. The first two were empty At this stage a red emergency flare was fired in front of the helicopter. People on board a raft were flashing lights and waving. Because of the heavy sea, it was difficult to lower a rescue man to the raft, but the helicopter succeeded in rescuing one person from the raft.
When the helicopter started to lift the two remaining survivors, one of the strands of the wire broke, and then the
winch engine malfunctioned. Since there were no mountings on the helicopter for an emergency winch, winching the survivors up to the helicopter was impossible and they had to be left in the raft. The rescue man had to be carried at the end of a 30-40 metre wire to the deck of the SILJA EUROPA. Y 65 alerted Berga for a new winch and took the survivor to hospital in Stockholm, from where one nurse was taken on board to assist in the rescue work. After this, Y 65 proceeded to Berga to change the winch and wire."