If the aircraft had headed toward the runway and had crashed into the ground on attempt one, I would be a lot more leery of foul play than I am here.
The aircraft reportedly made four attempts prior to the fifth and fatal one. If there had been an attempt on the aircraft, any of those four would have sufficed. And yet, it would seem those seeking to do harm to the aircraft waited until the fifth attempt if we’re to believe foul play was involved.
Good pilots or not, I think the record is going to show that these pilots were too concerned with the security issues surrounding a diversion, than the security involved with landing blind.
We’ll see. Whatever happened, it’s a real tragedy. I can only imagine how sad the Polish people must be today.
In a world that operates pretty much at random, coincidences are suspect. Half the time they are not a coincidence at all.
It does appear to be pilot error.
God help the Polish nation in the days and weeks ahead. There are always nefarious beings ready to take advantage of a tragedy like this.
Agreed - Russians probably had less a hand in this than
the pilot’s desire to succeed at a difficult landing.
Also, suspicion of the ATC in ordering a divert to another
airport may also have played a role. Long and difficult
history between these two countries, who knows what the
pilot was thinking, maybe even the President himself
ordered that the plane not divert, but land at the Smolensk field.
WHY were SO many important people on that plane? Why??