One observer noticed that it looked as though when the plane gets closer to the runway,
the right landing gear is lower than the left landing gear ......and it hits the runway first.
“the right landing gear is lower than the left landing gear”
And if the left gear was not all the way down “locked” it would cause this. But there are safety indicators for the gear that tells the crew. If these indicators were working properly. Maybe they were not working properly, maybe this was one of the “Safety issues” mentioned.
Another observer - a former fighter pilot - said it looked like the pilot “drove the plane into the runway” - coming in way too fast and at the wrong angle. He said a commercial jet cannot handle such conditions - why the plane flipped.
It’s a miracle no one was killed.
And yes, I’m sure the $30,000 offer came with an NDA - although I understand not all of them took this, holding out for more.