Translation: He was a nice boy. The pills did it.
Just like guns kill people people dont kill people. he is responsible for his actions with or without drugs but the company and those who did the hiring and screening are culpable as well, those who knew his past knew he was medicated and still allowed him to be responsible for passengers lives. Today it is all to easy to blame inanimate objects and the single person and leave out the responsibility of those who knew but kept quiet
Yeah, the pills caused him to actively override the electronic lock repeatedly to prevent the pilot from saving the plane. Sure, let’s go with that...