Not sure if this is terrorism. Here's the reason: It makes no sense that there is some slow descent into the mountain....especially with one pilot trying to break the door down.
If this was a jihadi...he wouldn't need to lock the door and bolt himself in. Once the other pilot leaves to go pee (or whatever caused him to leave), you disengage the autopilot and you push the yoke forward...that way's there is no POSSIBILITY of recovery even if the other pilot manages to get into the cockpit.
If this is a jihadist...why the gradually plunge? 3000'/min is a pretty steep descent but if I want to kill everyone on board...it would not be 3K/min...it would be 30k/min and we'd be done.
If your bent on killing everyone...why take you time and ruin the risk of being thwarted?
Yes. But, again why withhold the pilots' name for more than 2 days?
To inflict maximum terror on the infidels maybe?
Also, don’t the terrorists usually start congratulating themselves by now?
In any case... we’ll see....but I am predisposed to consider terrorism.
The thing I know about Airbus planes is they are fly by wire. I am wondering if the computer was fighting a downward push on the yoke?
I am not sure the pilot could turn it off. Perhaps he was unconscious and laying against the controls.
I doubt we will ever know.