I am fascinated by the ardent belief that ATC has zero responsibility in this accident. It was and will always be the PiC’s ultimate responsibility, this is not a question. But when the report comes out I hope that a causal factor will include ATCs clear doubts about the situation. And to be clear, again, ATC are not to blame. But they could have acted differently.
Thought experiment; if ATC did everything correctly, do you think LYBE ATC would behave in the exact same way in the exact same scenario tomorrow with the benefit of the knowledge of this accident?
If you think yes; then ATC are not a causal factor.
If you think they would behave differently; then ATC are a causal factor.
And again for the more emotional posters; PiC is always ultimately responsible. But there are always causal contributory factors to any incident/accident.
I standby for the usual ad hominem attacks
