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Squalls in the water. >> it's now a nerve-racking 25 minutes since the rescue call was made and at any moment "the tormenter" may sink. finally the rescue crew spots the boat. >> it was in big trouble and the boat was beginning to sink rather rapidly. >> alex stewart an experienced rescue diver is lowered down from the chopper. >> when they placed me on the board, i had about two seconds and then whoosh i was off it. >> alex knows there's very little time. >> i shouted to tina to get into the water and for her husband to go into the dinghy and to get away from the sinking boat. >> tina doesn't...

Will be tough. >> the rescue helicopter actually went over us. it didn't see us because of the squalls in the water. >> it's now a nerve-racking 25 minutes since the rescue call was made. and at any moment "the tormenter" may sink. finally the rescue crew spots the troubled boat. >> they were in big trouble. the boat was actually beginning to sink rather rapidly. >> alex stewart, an experienced rescue diver, is lowered from the chopper. >> when they placed me on the boat, i had about two seconds and i was off it. >> alex knows there's very little time. >> i shouted to tina to get into the wate...

Their bull terrier priscilla. >> it was the end of the holiday, it was a sunday. we were probably half an hour into our trip. >> miles from land, a powerful rogue wave shatters one of the vessel's big windows. >> at that stage the wave came over and actually hit the front of the boat which, in turn, caused the window to break and the water is coming in. priscilla was sitting there looking at me. i'm looking at the waves and it was just like, hmm, this is quite scary. >> the couple sends an urgent call for help. it's picked up by the rescue team in new zealand. >> the hotline rang. i thought he...

Families directly or how did they find out about that? >> the families are being taken care of. some of them went to friends and wherever we -- they were we tried to inform them to make sure that they did not find out from the media. >> do the flight attendants to the possibility to make a rescue call when they have the feeling that something is not quite right? and my second question is you have been confronted with many questions. was it a technical reason? was the airplane not up to date or was the training not adequate, and in light of the

New development what -- what do you say about the speculations? >> as to your first question 0 flight attendants also know the code with which they can open the cockpit from the outside. the flight attendant can do that, but otherwise the flight attendants do not have any training in regard to inside the cockpit. that is legally not possible. the rescue call has to be started from within the cockpit and you need training to do that. as to the speculations that were issued, i never -- i always said we have our training for the germanwings pilot is just as high qualified for the training for our...