Next question: How did he know so soon after the crash what their condition would be?
That's what I'd like to know. Something's not right with this story. Also, on another thread it was mentioned that the F-16s were with the plane for as long as 45 minutes. And what about the Greek General who called it piracy immediately after the crash.
Opinion:
Questions regarding the Greek plane crash.
1. how often does an airplane slam into the side of a mountain when on auto pilot?
2. “The pilot hasn’t been found yet.” Shouldn’t he be in the cockpit? At all cost in the cockpit. Shouldn’t he?
3. “rejecting earlier reports that its pilots and crew were refusing to fly.” Why would they be refusing to fly? What’s the story behind that?
4. “The voice recorder was badly damaged by the crash and ensuing fire. It's in a bad state and, possibly, it won't give us the information we need," and . . . “the aircraft was manufactured in the United States”... The voice recorders manufactured in the US, assuming this was standard equipment on this US built plane, are for all intent purposes, indestructible. I have personally seen how these things are made and seen the destruction they can withstand. I don’t believe for a minute it has been that damaged to “not give “us” the information we need.”
5. …”his cousin on board the plane sent him a cell-phone text message minutes before the crash saying: "Farewell, cousin, here we're frozen. . . . Authorities said Monday they had determined he was lying" . . . how could he know they were freezing, or froze? Before the news came out with these sketchy details? I read about that text massage yesterday. I agree with SlowBoat. How did he know so quickly?
6. Plus a raid and an arrest has been made?
The factoids on this whole crash incident don’t pass the smell test with me. I’m afraid that this might have been something other than they imply. Things just aren’t adding up. I’m also afraid its just going to fade into just another “unfortunate plane crash”. </rant>