ENVIRONMENT SURVIVAL STORY - WALT WYATT
Walt Wyatt experienced a life threatening experience at sea after his plane, a Beech craft baron, crashed into the ocean, just West of the Bermuda Triangle. Wyatt, an Air Force veteran, set off in his twin-engine plane from Nassau to Miami.
The force of the plane hitting the ocean caused his head to hit the dashboard, leaving a gash. With a life vest in one hand, Wyatt stepped out on the wing of the plane. Within a matter of seconds, his plane was sinking into the ocean and the Coast Guard plane couldn't find him. His experience told him if he wasn't found within an hour, the probability he would be found dropped significantly. With a storm overhead causing the water to be choppy, the Coast Guard couldn't see him and stopped searching.Within an hour after getting into the water, the blow tubes on the life vest came out, causing the vest to deflate. To provide some sort of flotation device, Wyatt took the vest off and put it underneath himself, with his fingers plugging the holes where the blow tubes were supposed to be.
Around 8:45 am, Wyatt heard a Coast Guard plane fly overhead. He began waving his bright orange life vest, but the plane continued to fly back and forth, leaving him to wonder if they could see him. The plane had already dropped a flare into the water, but Wyatt couldn't see it because his eyes were so swollen. After about a half an hour, a ship pulled up next to him and his distressing adventure at sea was finally over.
The force of the plane hitting the ocean caused his head to hit the dashboard, leaving a gash. With a life vest in one hand, Wyatt stepped out on the wing of the plane. Within a matter of seconds, his plane was sinking into the ocean and the Coast Guard plane couldn't find him. His experience told him if he wasn't found within an hour, the probability he would be found dropped significantly. With a storm overhead causing the water to be choppy, the Coast Guard couldn't see him and stopped searching.Within an hour after getting into the water, the blow tubes on the life vest came out, causing the vest to deflate. To provide some sort of flotation device, Wyatt took the vest off and put it underneath himself, with his fingers plugging the holes where the blow tubes were supposed to be.
Around 8:45 am, Wyatt heard a Coast Guard plane fly overhead. He began waving his bright orange life vest, but the plane continued to fly back and forth, leaving him to wonder if they could see him. The plane had already dropped a flare into the water, but Wyatt couldn't see it because his eyes were so swollen. After about a half an hour, a ship pulled up next to him and his distressing adventure at sea was finally over.