Leave aside the current incident.
Do any of the airline pilots on here (not the MS Sim variety
) in your sims actually base your diversion airfield / approach on the population pattern below?
I sure as hell do not, never have done, and do not propose to start! My training and practice is to look after crew / PAX as #1, and aircraft next. 3rd parties - sorry, no factor.
Leaving aside the issue of even knowing when there is populaiton under you from approach charts etc.