I’m convinced they knew exactly what was going to happen.
There is NO WAY they produced names/photos as fast as they did.
The only explanation for withholding info on additional flights is a combination of cya, control the narrative and protect the players (sauds, whomever).
If somebody from the gov said something about this to my face the way they brought this out, they’d have a broken face.
I find it very hard to believe that a person with zero training could make a tight 330 degree while descending at over 2200 feet per minute and keep the plane level a mere dozen or so feet off the ground. To keep a jet from pitching up at that high of speed and low altitude would require precise spoiler and flap settings something even a skilled pilot would have trouble doing.