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Old 8th Oct 2023, 22:14
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I remain by my belief that the aircraft stalled due to ice, that was the start of the incident.
Did anyone say that’s impossible? My first post started with the words: “Perhaps severe icing, stall and spin….” I usually say nothing about the cause of accidents, but in this case I couldn’t stay silent in the face of the immediate speculation which put the entire blame on the pilot. Before the smoke had dissipated from the site of the horrific death of four souls.

Why did the pilot not react?
You don’t know that he didn’t.
Why did he not recover or at least pull the chute?
You don’t know that he didn’t.

I’ll now wait for the report of the poor bastards who have to sift through the aftermath of this tragedy to try work out what actually happened. I’ll standby for you to say: “Told you so” when their report backs your theory.
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