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It seems pretty far from stray speculations. It is assumed after a check of the black box. That is ultimately what we rely on for an after the fact analysis. If

• falcolas 12y ago
  > And you want to wait a year to find out what happened to your loved ones? "Your loved ones" died in an aircraft crash. They why of it matters less, and can wait for an accurate answer instead of rampant speculation. As for the year time frame, it really can take up to a year to figure out. As you say, they're working from an incomplete puzzle. Perhaps the black box does say XYZ, but is that the whole story? They added a lot more security hardware to cockpit doors of late, was it suffering a malfunction? Or perhaps the copilot was panicking trying to figure out how to work around a malfunctioning button and froze up? Or he was knocked unconscious by the sudden descent? Many of these aircraft are 15+ years old at this point, an electrical fault is certainly not out of the question. Speculation helps nobody but the press at this point. PS. To the downvoters, please remember that we're barely two days into the investigation, and we're relying on "silence" and a third party report on very preliminary findings to jump to these conclusions.
  • ceejayoz 12y ago
    The article specifically states the the recorder indicates the copilot dialed in a deliberate descent.
• huuu 12y ago
  Well my first thought was: if the pilot was unconscious he still was breathing. So we just have to wait a little longer and must take into account the answer will never be found.