Comment Re:more information here (Score 1) 156
It also seems that there is two classes of EPIRBS, the class I activates automatically and the class II which is a manual activated device. If it was a class II device and they went down in a hurry there might not have been time to activate it either. I have no clue which type of device they had onboard.
If anything, it is certainly is a reminder that the ocean is still a very dangerous place.