I am glad there is some sense in this thread.
As a few of you have already started, the very first reason for this crash is reckless flying . Putting it another way :
"One pilot decided, with an airplane and joy riding passengers and a few hired on the spot qualified FAs to demonstrate a very low pass over the ield used by a local flying club. He then took that airplane, with engines at idle thrust,at an increasing AoA and a decreasing IAS to a very low height, far below what was the floor for low altitude demonstration. With that sort of very low energy situation AND the very unusual view from the cockpit, his SA, to say the least was impaired, he cocked it up end ended in the trees.
Please note that there is no mention of the airplane's brand, so far.
What is more, and now we come to the 320 : A feature that has been commonly overlooked was that the auto=thrust (and therefore the AoA protection ) had been disconnected by the pilot himself, whether consciously or not has never been established (but it requires a continuous 15 seconds of pressure of a button to achieve it).
The second evidence of that accident was the complete self-assuredness of the pilot, down to the flippancy of the ("XXX will have a H@rd-on over this...")
I briefly met Mr A in Colombo in 1989, as I was having a line-check with a retiring captain...I was busy with the flight preparation but I overheard some of his comments, which were pretty graphic, believe me. When he left the cockpit as we were about to take the passengers, the captain just made this comment that stuck in my memory :
"for someone who should have the deaths of several people on his conscience, he is bloody arrogant, that man..."
I apologise for my previous post, very provocative because I thought norbert Jacquet was hiding under some of the pseudos.
I still believe he is, as he is well-known to do that, especially on a French forum that has been completely polluted by this argument.
So, from these apologists of a conspiration, why not post EXACTLY how NJ lost his job, as it involves AF, the DGCA medical council, the police/gendarmerie,some psychiatrists ....list is by no means ended. What is missing, though is the use of polonium !
Regards to all