Just had a thought..
It was a strange time for one of the pilots to be out of the cockpit..he must have left while the plane was still climbing..
Maybe the rogue pilot had a buddy as a passenger and he did something which caused the good pilot to be called to help by a attendant..
a rouse to get him out of the cockpit so the rogue pilot could put the plane into the mountain ..
another thought I had yesterday was that there may have been a bomb aboard and it was suppose to go off while the plane was still over the water..the Mediterranean..so it would end up in deep water..
the plane crashed within minutes of flying over land again..maybe the bomb was late or the plane reached the land a bit earlier than expected..or didnt5 totally incapacitate the plane at first..
I thought it might have messed up the radio or systems..
however this new scenario works too..
Why wouldn’t BadPilot have used the aircraft as a WEAPON upon reaching populated areas..?
He could continue answering radio calls, play for time, maybe make up some BS emergency, and get over a really densely populated area:
Instead he slams into a mountain.
Weird.
Angry at his employer..?
I still think this is jihad, though.
STUPID jihad...??
Could have just been a coward mudslime co-pilot/pilot. Rather that use the Atta approach (fly into a building yelling aloha akbar), this guy used the coward’s approach: set autopilot for a constant descent (500’ 1000’ FPM, etc), and then take a poison pill (cyanide?). Let the down ticking of the altimeter do the work.
Concur with many of your thoughts....
Wondered why a ‘land crash’ instead of a ‘water crash’ . . .
Wondered how/why Mirage fighters were in the crash area moments before the crash . . . Why were they there?....Did they suspect something or was some kind of alert given to check out flight and perhaps take action if needed . . .
Wondered if putting plane ‘down’ in “France” enhanced a follow-up to the Charlie Hebdo attacks . . .
Collusion between crew/passengers not out of realm of possibility . . .