Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
The Captain was obviously acting strangely - the report indicates the crew were thrown by his sudden change of behaviour so presumably he was OK arriving at Sochi and if they suspected he was drunk they wouldn't have been surprised....
I wonder if it was something like diabetic shock (hypoglycemia) or a stroke.....
This is another (very possible) point of view. If PIC was behaving stangely could be because of a lot of reasons.
And remember: all the "flight" endured 73 seconds.
The nav and the FO were busy on their duties and the (possible) reaction to a strange behaviour on the PIC's side would come when no recovery was possible.