In an earlier post I suggested we not hold our breath waiting for the preliminary report. I based that comment on having seen how long it usually takes Aerocivil/GRIAA to get the reports out. LaMia was obviously a different case. I should have realised this and I apologise to anyone I may have offended with my remark.
Having just read the report - and seen the earlier PowerPoint presentation - I’m beginning to think the captain may actually have decided, when the engines began to quit, that they'd never make Rio Negro, that a crash was inevitable and that his only option was to drop all the anchors and do so at the slowest possible speed.