I’m beginning to think that anyone who wants to hear that she was ‘put down’ will see the woman holding the wing as being Fuddy, and anyone else, like myself, who thinks she had a stroke or a coronary occlusion, will see her being held by the arm or the hand, at the door of the aircraft.
This identification discussion could go on forever. The question isn’t really which one she is in the water, the question is, why did the aircraft lose power? Because if it was sabotage on the island, they were ALL meant to be victims.
That’s a bit far fetched when you look at the video I posted of the twin-engined Cessna going down in much rougher water - and the pilot getting out to walk on the wing. An aircraft can be sabotaged in a number of ways, but no one can guarantee the passengers won’t get out and do what this group did. Float and get rescued.
Unless it’s a b.o.m.b. of course...and this wasn’t.
And the one who died was an overweight sedentary woman aged 65, whose physical condition or health record no one here knows.
Most of the questions raised during this event and its aftermath are due to sloppy reporting imo, and the fact that the airline operator had the gall to go down there and retrieve the engine and leave the aircraft in the water, where it (perhaps) sustained more damage. His insurers are bound to be asking why he did that, not to mention the concern of the engine manufacturers.
The large government subsidies that airline received just might have clouded his judgement...and like some wag said way back, no one is really certain that the salvage boat brought the right plane back to shore. Luckily, the helicopter pilot says he noted the number on the tail.
paging Angela Corey...