If I am an investigator investigating THIS incident- I’m investigating further, based on the fact or the testimony or the recollection of all passengers, but especially because of Yamamoto’s story pertaining to Fuddy just letting go. You don’t let someone within your personal space go floating away, when you’ve both been bobbing in the ocean after having just survived a water ditching via aircraft, and, especially considering the fact that you’ve both been attached to each other up to that point. If the person is unconscious, that’s all the more the reason to assist. How do I know what caused the person to become unconscious? I instantly diagnose death and just let the person’s face plop into the water? Are you kidding me?
The last person to see someone alive is always the first one to be questioned, but let's be fair, he didn't let her face plop in the water, she was wearing a life preserver which was designed to keep the head OUT of the water, and he did say she was UNRESPONSIVE.
How would he have ascertained that she was unresponsive? Might it be because he attempted to get a response from her and that's how he reached that conclusion?
By most accounts, they were in the water for an hour. Are we asking why he didn't keep hold of an unresponsive woman for an hour until rescue?
Even the fellow who rescued one of the survivors passed her by and picked up someone else. Methinks that Yamamoto would have been able to tell if someone was deceased or had just fainted. The rescue fellow apparently knew she was dead by just looking at her.
let me put my tinfoil hat on and throw some fuel into your fire..Yamamoto was deputy director could he have been in line for promotion in case of a vacancy? He also previously was administrator of the drug and alcohol abuse unit..what did he learn there?
ok back to reality.
You make some excellent points. Something about Yamamoto’s acct has struck quite a few people as odd. Perhaps it struck the investigators as odd too. I have only seen one acct that gives any rationale for the length of time it is taking to determine a cause of death [for Fuddy]. The investigator said the delay was due to the time involved in interviewing the survivors. Hmm. As you suggested, perhaps something doesn’t quite add up. Hopefully the results of the investigation will be released eventually. Ought to be very interesting to read—provided they are accurate.