Originally Posted by
gulliBell
You made an intentional decision for operational reasons that seem sensible in the circumstances, despite the interesting ride that came of it. Where-as the accident aircraft here, there does not seem to be an operational reason for doing what they did, turning out to sea, most likely losing all external visual references in doing so, and not having internal references to compensate for lost external references, and contrary to their assigned clearance.
Hit the nail on the head. The turn towards the black hole. Why?
Avoiding/ escaping something? Or was control already lost?