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This was a way to commit suicide while preserving honor (for himself or family) post-death, which is important to some people.
by fighterpilot 5y ago
This was a way to commit suicide while preserving honor (for himself or family) post-death, which is important to some people.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoHow is there any honor in murdering hundreds of innocent people?
- ergocoder 5y agoYou can't prove that, and that's why we still have the discussion. I'm sure there is an insurance payout at play as well.
- kelnos 5y agoThere isn't, which is why the pilot would have made it difficult or impossible to prove that's what happened. Without a determination of wrongdoing, his family would be in the clear, and would get any life insurance or pension payouts.
- fighterpilot 5y agoI'm talking about other people's perceptions of him. If he thought he could make it look like an accident, it looks "better" (to some people) to die in a freak plane crash than it does to kill themselves (which looks "weak"). The insurance money is probably a better explanation but I think the above psychology would apply to quite a few people who wouldn't want to saddle their family with the perceived embarrassment of committing suicide.