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Matt Whiting wrote in
: Judah wrote: Matt Whiting wrote in : snip He lost control of his airplane. This implies he wasn't capable of flying the airplane in the prevailing conditions. To have the outcome be different would have required someone else to be flying the airplane. Thus the above suggestion essentially implies that. That was my point. I never read anywhere that he lost control of his aircraft. In fact, all reports indicated quite the opposite - that he maintained a controlled flight directly into the water. If that's the case, either he was suicidal or he was disoriented. That is an interesting definition of "control" that you are using. If the goal was to fly straight and level and you instead flew into the water, then that is loss of control in my book. Anytime you aren't making the airplane do what it should be doing, you are not in control. Matt The controls functioned properly. They performed as the pilot controlled them. The fact that the pilot was controlling them in a manner that was inconsistent with what you perceive to be his goals does not imply that he did not have control of the aircraft. |
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