[zeestephen]

I watched a You Tube video yesterday shot from the helmsman’s perspective on one of the search ships.

This was on a day considered “safe” enough to search.

All I can say is “Wow.”

The swells are easily 30 feet, and come at you from almost direction.

The scariest part is when the ship glides down into a trough and two or three waves in a row break across its bow.

I’ll guess the ship is at least 100 meters in length, but the waves are washing halfway back to the pilot house.

The video has sound, too, which just adds to the drama.

[Mygirlsmom]

When our twins were about 7, we went to the I-Max and saw an ocean film that had some scenes like this - I had one of the girls on my lap, and she was so tense when the waves were crashing I thought she would just about crack in two.

[Uncle Chip]

Yep —

It all looks so calm and inviting from miles above and miles away on a computer screen, but the ocean can churn up stuff to the surface one minute for a satellite snapshot and then churn it under the next.

There ‘s a reason the pilot took it down there evading radar and air traffic all the way. He did it so no trace of it would ever be found and before they ever found the black boxes, if they ever did, the insurance would already have paid out.

[McGruff]

The swells are easily 30 feet, and come at you from almost direction. The scariest part is when the ship glides down into a trough and two or three waves in a row break across its bow.

They show that same footage everyday. LOL