The aircraft was flying in bad weather and one theory is that the pilot may have punched the wrong co-ordinates into the global positioning system and headed away from the correct track.
Agreed CS.... but sadly, the media will never let accuracy of information get in the way of feeding the public these scary windups.
Had the pleasure of chatting with Kerry many times at BLA, over the years that I worked there. With the exception of when gliding op's were in progress it was standard for him to fly the GPS approach, and this allowed him a straight in for RWY26L. So it's not as though he wasn't familiar with the approach.
My thoughts also go to Rhonda and the staff at GCV, as possibly the last people to have contact outside the plane.
Kerry was a great guy, very easy and interesting to chat with. Prayers for his family, and those of the passengers.
God rest their souls, now at journeys end.