"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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I guess I see it differently. Losing an engine over water, probably trying
to work the problem, the pilot may have been rattled and without the
mental capacity in that situation to process which way to turn. Also, the
guy may have been IFR, although that certainly isn't clear. What he
needed was a direction to turn and he didn't get that immediately.


If he was that rattled he was beyond help.