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Originally Posted by dsvitak
As an aviation meteorologist for more than 30 years, a CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) is almost a certainty.
The pilot, when faced with rough terrain, and fog/stratus severely restricting forward visibility, should have stopped, and went vertical. You're not going to crash into anything if you are going straight up. He could have then gotten his bearings, or went back the way he came.
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He should have gone vertical. But he was limited to at or below 2500 because of the traffic. So for him to go vertical, he would have admitted he couldn't see, then caused a delay as the scramble the airport traffic out of his way and then he has to answer a lot of questions. It's his hubris that caused this.
I know I'm blaming the pilot and it could have been a malfunction, but by the witness accounts, air traffic radio and the fact he flew 180 MPH into the side of a hill, if it isn't the pilot's fault, I'd be surprised.
This witness in particular.