"John T" wrote in message
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Both of you are assuming no survival gear. I won't argue the point
strongly since I wouldn't be comfortable down low even with survival gear
and one can argue (safely, I think) that somebody willing to fly across
that much water at 2000 feet may well be willing to do so without any gear
at all.

However, my point was simply to take issue with the OP's assertion that
"survival rate after ditching is very low". The stats simply don't back
this up. Sure we can always find exceptional situations that are almost
guaranteed to be fatal, but unless the OP clarifies otherwise, this
statement was nothing more than repeating an OWT. Ditching is quite
survivable.


The OP's assertion had nothing to do with the ditching.