I hope the plane also had a FDR as that would certainly shine light in how a well maintained jet practically dove straight down into the ground. To use that dreaded “S” word, the first thought is that the stabilator or elevator jammed into full down while full climb power was set and there was no time to recover.
If I had one small snit on the article, was it necessary to include the last sentence. I normally don’t read the nationality of victims of aviation accidents and it does not add anything to the article. Do we now report in each case x Americans died or x died? Does it matter? If it does Russ, I’m open to understanding.