Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "Mentour Pilot" channel.

  1. Having seen several of these it is clear that a total takeover of controls which ignores continued input is necessary due to the likelihood that in the case of emergency the panicked individual will not forfeit command or stop input. The fact that continued input can override takeover has directly contributed to several of these accidents becoming fatal.
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  2. Given the difficulties they were having it was probably best that they went down in such a gradual manner rather than trying to land on their own initiative with one engine and spiralling problems. The only thing they could have down differently would be to actively guide the plane away from trees, as it happened luck and good design saved them.
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  3. I think it is entirely probable that they were actually doped up with something. Food poisoning would likely be easy to recognise for them, what they had limited even their capacity to understand it's implications. The Captain and first officers were probably having enough trouble trying to go through their practiced motions, and even slight complexity inhibited their comprehension of events. Unfortunately the only thing that could have stopped them is if one of the plane staff had noticed they were out of it during boarding and sent them to the doctor for a drug test.
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