http://news.yahoo.com/pilots-tried-s...-politics.html
This seems more reasonable than any other explanation.
Look at what happened, we have been taught this in the sim for many years, descend, turn off the tract, land at nearest suitable airport.
Seems they tried to do this.
Even Fox News Bill Reilly slams the pilots.
I hope when the news agency are proven wrong they have the respect to state it.