re: #162 wheat-dogg

If they were too low and stalled either both wings, or one wing in a sharp turn, the plane will go down fast. Not enough altitude to recover. It’s a common error for inexperienced pilots, so it’s unfortunate military pilots would have made a similar mistake.

Mechanical problems might be more likely if the crew were experienced.

Flying: Hours of boredom occasionally punctuated by seconds of sheer terror.

I remember Bruce Dickinson saying that when he was hosting Flying Heavy Metal. Made me chuckle.