saline,
Let's wait until there are some "official" reports of the details before we say what the captain did or did not do. You say, "...reports I have read...", but do not provide those reports or the authors of those reports.
Let's just wait a bit. No one profits by hanging the crew before the trial.
Sorry, thought this was the "roumours" & news section. The "report" was forwarded by someone on the scene (who is in no position to be identified as a spokesman of any kind) and was early speculation based on comments and cursory evidence. Again, still a "rumour".
Maybe we need to drop these threads and wait for the NTSB report, eh?