That was my first thought, your second sentence. The plane was so huge that it hit, how did the pilot not see it, it didn't even look as though there was any attempt to divert it's actions. I accept they travel at speed and in some instances you have nothing more than a split second to react, but I'd love to see the investigation report on this one - had the pilot passed out, did the pilot have a medical incident, we may never know.
Looking at the flight path of the others around him, his doesn't match, he turned and veered into the plane. Deliberate crash or not he looks to be in control imo.
David Beckham gets into a taxi at Qatar airport, he sees the driver looking at him for about 5 minutes in the rear view mirror. Eventually the driver says “ok, give us a clue then?” Beckham sigh's and replies “well I had a glittering career for Man United, married a Spice Girl and played over 100 times for England, is that enough?”. Driver says “no you thick c*nt, where are you going!?”
That last video explains a lot. The large aircraft is clearly underneath the small aircraft so very much in the blind spot of the small aircraft's pilot. Very sad.
I can see your point mate. Which leaves the question of why did the smaller aircraft decend and cross into the path of the larger plane. According to media reports, the pilots flying that day were well rehearsed in what they do. I didn't see any other small craft make the same manuoeuvre. I think that was something that @Treble also highlighted in his comment. It don't seem a natural manuoeuvre, especially as they are old craft, not something that should be doing a red arrow display.
You'd love Malta then, best fireworks I've seen were in Valletta, something to do with a religious festival, people also decorated their homes and left their front doors open,was really good.
