Originally Posted by DozyWannabe
If you read between the lines, what this actually means is that neither the NTSB nor VG are currently commenting on the causes of the accident, so the journalist has called up a former VG bigwig for a comment in lieu of anything official.
And if you read further 'tween the lines, that explanation is sandwiched between quotes from George Whitesides and Will Whitehorn. The writer's explanation is not in quotes and should not be attributed to either official. It's a journalistic trick to lend apparent credence to their idea of what happened.