Treetop.....Naahh......2 airline drivers overcome by spatial dissorientation and unable to catch it before they go farming......from probably 12,000ft+ (or at the very least 8,000 odd)........Nnaaahh......now you are scaring me.....????
If this were to be a possibility we would seriously need to review the way we do things in this industry.
We obviously dont know yet what caused it and dont have many clues but..........Apparently no radio call....... 20 odd miles from take-off.......and it seems they made a big hole....... but my guess is it would have to have been sudden and very serious. I dont think this is an double flame-out, or an A/P disconnect. Something went bang or broke big time.