[DTA]

There are over 6000 of A-320s built and the majority still fly today. If there is something seriously wrong with its design (think of one that nearly crashed last year due to wrong altitude reading)it would mean an end to many companies and an end to French-German Airbus Industries.

Solution - blame it on human error. Pay $300m to victim families. Been done in the past.

I am not saying this is the case here, but it could be.

But having a rich German kid who was living his dream of being a pilot end it in such bizarre way does not sound as probable in my book.

[Talisker]

But having a rich German kid who was living his dream of being a pilot end it in such bizarre way does not sound as probable in my book.

There's the lack of a fire, too.

What happened to all that fuel?

[amorphous]

Bizarre indeed. But in this case, I don’t see any indication the aircraft was at fault. Seems people will always think of ways to kill others despite all we can do to build safeguards into systems to prevent this evil fault in mankind occuring from the time Cain killed Able.