Reply #111: No worries...

[lala_rawraw]

Listen, I am with you on the nutty stuff. I am livid that Arneback is making these claims as certain truths. It is absolutely negligent to make those statements and not provide supporting materials. I want to know who the hell told him this as a matter of fact. How could anyone know such a thing unless they were there? That said, just to explain about the crash.

I spoke to the first responders (2 fire chiefs, state troopers, police, ambulance), the funeral home even (good lord) and witnesses who watched the plane go down. As far as i can tell from all the data collected, if it was an accident, it was as a result of mechanical issues with the plane. His instruments were fine. There was no icing. He did not have a heart attack (which I thought for a while). But the witnesses say that the plane appeared to be fighting with itself... its engine was doing crazy things (their words, not mine). He nose dived almost into the ground and got control of the plane and climbed, then the engine did that "crazy sound" and he nose dived into the ground and crashed. So it sounds like an engine issue based on the witness accounts. There are issues though around the crash that raise questions that I have never gotten an answer for. Read this article, it is the best play-by-play on what happened during the crash:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Foul_play_not_suspected_in_GOP_0113.html

One of the following is likely what happened:
1. Accident: if so, most likely engine problems/mechanical
2. Suicide: if so, the pressure of the case and lying to his family (although he is Catholic. he was holding a rosary when they found his body)
3. Murder: if so, not sure how as I am not expert on such things.

none of these have been ruled out to my satisfaction yet, but based on talking to people who were close to him, #2 is less of a possibility - although still not adequately ruled out.