Peter,

The fact that the pilot was in critical condition, and one passenger in
serious, further supports the idea that the airplane was not actually
descending under the parachute. After all, while no one has claimed that
the parachute results in a soft landing, critical injuries should be
extremely unlikely.


Don't forget that this is one of the few "parachute landing" into water. It
had been speculated before that these would be much harder since there is
likely no cushioning effect from the collapsing landing gear.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)