4 on board it looks like. It’s designed for 6 max. Either way, probably pilot error. Lack of experience most likely according to the general report.
6 dead
On the tower recording a guy (the pilot?) says it is a training mission. Maybe they should have done the training in a mock-up like they do when they throw all the various situations at the pilot.
“Okay - you’re going to do your pre-checks, taxi and takeoff - BUT, the entire time you’ll have three other people on board with cameras and acting goofy and asking for you to mug for the camera. Lots of singing and shouting and moving around. And two of them will be beautiful girls.”
My wife was helping an elderly woman check in for a doctor’s appointment the other day. The receptionist that checked them in was the same gal from another office my wife frequents. They started chatting about the different days of where she is, on Wednesdays its nice because then she is at the other place and can pick up her daughter from school and take her to her dance class and....
So, they went back to the doctors area and waited the 10 minutes until the appointment time. 20 minutes after the appointment time my wife is wondering where the doctor is.
“You were gabbing so much the gal forgot to put you down for the schedule.”
“Now let me finish! So I went up to the counter and blah, blah, blah, blah... and she didn’t put us on the schedule!”