Originally Posted by
angels
Blimey, is this saying that the accident was caused by an old-fashioned reciprocal error??
Hmmmm, somehow I'm not terribly convinced by this theory.
It would take a lot of a coincidence to err by 180° being 30nm from your airport and thereby exactly flying up a canyon and straight at the end hitting the peak
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On that planned route back to Jakarta there wouldn't have been any moutains, had they turned to the North instead of the South. So when looking out the window you should not see green on your FL.
So, according to that theory they couldn't even see the canyon walls, flew 5 miles up the canyon w/o ever coming close enough to one side of the canyon to see it ???
Occam's Razor raises some doubts with me about this theory. Looks to me a bit like the Politically Correct version. Simple mistake, no deliberate dangerous action, plane not at fault, all are happy....
I hope we get to see something more substantiated or otherwise proof of the improbable.