[Gay State Conservative]

Strange because it seemed like it landed safely and if everyone had gotten their belts off they probably would have survived.

The report I saw suggests to me that they drowned.It said that they were belted in with "fighter pilot type" belts (my words,not theirs) and that these belts would be difficult to uncouple in a situation like theirs.The impact didn't look that bad but if they were really belted in tight while upside-down in the water...there's your explanation.

I'll be streaming WOR in New York in a while and They're sure to have details.

[USNBandit]

The normal passenger belts in AS350s are like airliner belts with a single additional shoulder strap. Even if they had been replaced with center buckle four way restraints, those aren’t hard to get out of.

Still hard to believe all the pax died.