Originally Posted by 27Foxtrot
...The aircraft crashed during an approach below minima. THAT is the fact. WHY the aircraft was making an approach below minima is possibly up for debate.
Sir:
The error in your assumption is that you are presuming that both the aircraft and the pilot were in perfect condition and that the pilot wilfully descended below minima.
It is entirely possible that some entirely unrelated cause may have affected the pilot or the aircraft, and caused it to impact the sea. In other words, the causal factor may have presented itself long before the aircraft ever descended to the minima, or during the process of carrying out a missed approach from at or above the minima.
Michael