Dear Mr. Harris, a little more tolerance of other peoples opinions please, it may help in your command course.
You may well be correct in that they saw nothing until just before impact. Could have been patchy fog in immediate impact area.It may not have been an engine problem.I am not an expert in aviation accidents but have some flying experience and was just trying to post something positive in negative circumstances. Have operated many night freighter flights out of Bergamo with National in mid eighties and could imagine myself in similar circumstances.
Very appropriate post from Flight Ops. Dept., (in my opinion)
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