Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
Well, one of the first things they said is that they had to call off the rescue efforts due to bad weather. If the airplane was flying in bad weather at low altitude in mountainous terrain, we start to see a very bad decision chain. This doesn't sound like a terrorist action, it sounds like CFIT.
Since the impact site is a vertical mountain face, CFIT is looking like a strong possibility.
But they hadn't found the plane when I made that post. A modern glass cockpit "should" have prevented CFIT...