Originally Posted by
denlopviper
why cant it be a microburst? why does it have to be a very complex chain of events starting when the mother gave birth to the captain?
Simples.
Statistics/probability.
When was the last time an airliner has been knocked right out of the sky by a gust ???
How many airliners have crashed since that last time for more conventional causes ?
Dozens if not hundreds.
(If we look for an aircraft blown out of the sky from similar altitude (DAL 191 was from 800 ft) we would have to go very far in history, if we would ever find one)
Occam's Razor applies.
Also here probably.
My hope is for NTSB to find out and communicate what really happened.