When this is all said and done, not that I know much or anything about piloting a plane...IMO this is gonna be among the stupidest and easily avoided accidents of all time.
One air accident investigator I heard on the radio said that the one single thing you do not want to do is to fly into a thunderstorm. I can certainly accept that, though it surprises me to find out that it can bring down a plane.
But if that’s the case, and all it would have taken to avoid this disaster was to make a 90 degree turn and be an hour late for arrival, that seems completely insane not to place into the captains’ hands.
“words cannot express my sorrow”.
But money always helps soften the pain.