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Old 12th Aug 2018, 11:54
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of course speculation but i guess there is not much secrets in this tragedy .

probably they realized they do not have the performance to make it over the mountains infront so they tried a sharp 180 deg turn to save the day . during the turn , loosing more and more speed trying to maintain altitude , one wing stalled and they went down like a rock without being able to recover .

investigation surely will focus the reason for the lack of performance .

( just to heavy on this hot day or engine problems )

i guess thats all .
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