> came within 400 feet of slamming into the ocean ... > dropped at an abnormally high rate of more than 4,000 feet per minute ... So at that rate of decent it

> came within 400 feet of slamming into the ocean ... > dropped at an abnormally high rate of more than 4,000 feet per minute ... So at that rate of decent it was ~1/10t of a minute or 6 seconds before hitting the water. That's way too close.